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
The last name Chongera occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chongera? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 319,593rd most commonly used surname internationally, held by around 1 in 6,228,672 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chongera reside; 95 percent reside in East Africa and 95 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Chongera is also the 414,511th most frequently used given name in the world. It is borne by 429 people.
The surname Chongera is most commonly occurring in Tanzania, where it is borne by 1,112 people, or 1 in 47,609. In Tanzania Chongera is primarily concentrated in: Kigoma Region, where 62 percent reside, Katavi Region, where 20 percent reside and Simiyu Region, where 12 percent reside. Beside Tanzania Chongera exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 5 percent reside and Sweden, 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 Chongera
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