Chongal Surname
Approximately 136 people bear this surname
Chongal Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 134 | 1:5,724,369 | 136,722 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
Chongal Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chongal Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chongal (Hindi: चोंगल, Marathi: चॉंगल) occurs in India more than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chongal? popularity and diffusion
The last name Chongal is the 1,527,735th most frequent family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 53,584,896 people. This surname is primarily found in Asia, where 100 percent of Chongal are found; 100 percent are found in South Asia and 99 percent are found in Indo-South Asia.
It is most commonly occurring in India, where it is carried by 134 people, or 1 in 5,724,369. In India it is mostly concentrated in: Maharashtra, where 93 percent reside, Andhra Pradesh, where 5 percent reside and Bihar, where 1 percent reside. Other than India it exists in one country. It is also found in Afghanistan, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chongal Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chongal in the Marathi language | ||
| चॉंगल | congala | 69.23 |
| चोगळ | cogala | 30.77 |
| Chongal in the Hindi language | ||
| चोंगल | congala | 50 |
| छोंगला | chongala | 50 |
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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
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- 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 Chongal
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