Chongo Surname
Approximately 76,087 people bear this surname
Chongo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mozambique | 59,944 | 1:455 | 90 |
| Zambia | 10,074 | 1:1,573 | 227 |
| DR Congo | 1,772 | 1:41,693 | 5,114 |
| Malawi | 1,255 | 1:13,641 | 2,125 |
| Ecuador | 967 | 1:16,449 | 2,460 |
| South Africa | 418 | 1:129,612 | 15,180 |
| Zimbabwe | 389 | 1:39,687 | 6,130 |
| Cuba | 380 | 1:30,323 | 1,563 |
| Tanzania | 378 | 1:140,057 | 12,881 |
| Mexico | 178 | 1:697,338 | 10,801 |
| United States | 90 | 1:4,027,321 | 218,060 |
| Nigeria | 60 | 1:2,952,379 | 92,303 |
| England | 47 | 1:1,185,491 | 55,443 |
| Kenya | 23 | 1:2,007,822 | 36,224 |
| Spain | 17 | 1:2,750,120 | 61,567 |
| France | 12 | 1:5,535,227 | 269,324 |
| Venezuela | 11 | 1:2,745,825 | 29,869 |
| Argentina | 10 | 1:4,274,341 | 152,056 |
| Sudan | 9 | 1:4,167,799 | 5,799 |
| Canada | 6 | 1:6,140,932 | 260,641 |
| Angola | 4 | 1:6,747,304 | 6,999 |
| Iceland | 4 | 1:95,022 | 4,787 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,784,606 | 41,943 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Namibia | 2 | 1:1,204,700 | 16,113 |
| Guatemala | 2 | 1:8,041,334 | 9,698 |
| Congo | 2 | 1:2,494,548 | 28,763 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 1 | 1:177,423 | 3,686 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Swaziland | 1 | 1:1,298,199 | 1,718 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
Chongo (2,697) may also be a first name.
Chongo Demographics
Chongo Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Chongo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chongo Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chongo (Russian: Чонго) is carried by more people in Mozambique than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Chongo.
How Common Is The Last Name Chongo? popularity and diffusion
The surname Chongo is the 7,469th most prevalent last name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 95,779 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Chongo live; 95 percent live in Southern Africa and 79 percent live in Luso-Southern Africa. Chongo is also the 141,050th most frequently used first name throughout the world, borne by 2,697 people.
It is most frequently held in Mozambique, where it is borne by 59,944 people, or 1 in 455. Other than Mozambique this surname occurs in 43 countries. It also occurs in Zambia, where 13 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 2 percent are found.
Chongo Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is predominantly Christian (75%) in Kenya.
The amount Chongo earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 54.63% less than the national average, earning R 107,808 per year and in United States they earn 16.81% less than the national average, earning $35,895 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chongo Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chongo in the Russian language | ||
| Чонго | congo | - |
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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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- 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 Chongo
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