Chongera Surname
Approximately 1,170 people bear this surname
Chongera Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 1,112 | 1:47,609 | 5,347 |
| DR Congo | 55 | 1:1,343,265 | 79,223 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Chongera (429) may also be a first name.
Chongera Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chongera Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chongera is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chongera? popularity and diffusion
The surname Chongera is the 319,593rd most widespread family name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 6,228,672 people. The surname Chongera occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chongera are found; 95 percent are found in East Africa and 95 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 414,511th most commonly used given name on earth It is held by 429 people.
Chongera is most common in Tanzania, where it is held by 1,112 people, or 1 in 47,609. In Tanzania Chongera is mostly found in: Kigoma Region, where 62 percent live, Katavi Region, where 20 percent live and Simiyu Region, where 12 percent live. Besides Tanzania this last name exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 5 percent live and Sweden, where 0 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 Chongera
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