Chongela Surname
Approximately 774 people bear this surname
Chongela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 772 | 1:68,577 | 7,232 |
| Burundi | 1 | 1:9,804,852 | 2,349 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Chongela (143) may also be a first name.
Chongela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chongela Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chongela is found most frequently in Tanzania. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chongela? popularity and diffusion
The surname Chongela is the 441,818th most commonly used last name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 9,415,434 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chongela reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 100 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 772,378th most numerous first name globally It is held by 143 people.
The last name is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is borne by 772 people, or 1 in 68,577. In Tanzania it is most numerous in: Kigoma Region, where 54 percent reside, Mwanza Region, where 23 percent reside and Tabora Region, where 20 percent reside. Excluding Tanzania it is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Burundi, where 0 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Chongela
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