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
The last name Chongela is found in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chongela? popularity and diffusion
The last name Chongela is the 441,818th most widely held family name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 9,415,434 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chongela are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 100 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 772,378th most common first name internationally It is held by 143 people.
This last name is most commonly held in Tanzania, where it is borne by 772 people, or 1 in 68,577. In Tanzania Chongela is primarily concentrated in: Kigoma Region, where 54 percent reside, Mwanza Region, where 23 percent reside and Tabora Region, where 20 percent reside. Barring Tanzania this last name 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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