Bontong Surname
Approximately 1,300 people bear this surname
Bontong Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 879 | 1:150,454 | 14,785 |
| Philippines | 405 | 1:249,971 | 37,414 |
| Malaysia | 13 | 1:2,268,787 | 89,138 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Bontong (109) may also be a first name.
Bontong Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bontong Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bontong is found in Indonesia more than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bontong? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 293,736th most widely held last name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 5,605,805 people. The last name Bontong occurs mostly in Asia, where 97 percent of Bontong reside; 97 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 66 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Bontong is also the 900,062nd most frequently used given name on earth It is held by 109 people.
The last name Bontong is most commonly held in Indonesia, where it is borne by 879 people, or 1 in 150,454. In Indonesia Bontong is mostly concentrated in: East Kalimantan, where 50 percent live, South Sulawesi, where 27 percent live and Jakarta, where 13 percent live. Without taking into account Indonesia this last name occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 31 percent live and Malaysia, where 1 percent live.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Bontong
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