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
Average Chongo Salary in
United States
$35,895 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Chongo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chongo Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chongo (Russian: Чонго) is borne by more people in Mozambique than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chongo? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 7,469th most commonly held surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 95,779 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Chongo live; 95 percent live in Southern Africa and 79 percent live in Luso-Southern Africa. It is also the 141,050th most widely held given name worldwide, borne by 2,697 people.
It is most widespread in Mozambique, where it is held by 59,944 people, or 1 in 455. Barring Mozambique this surname is found in 43 countries. It is also found in Zambia, where 13 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 2 percent are found.
Chongo Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Chongo surname is principally 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
- 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 Chongo
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