Chongoe Surname
Approximately 16 people bear this surname
Chongoe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 13 | 1:4,072,432 | 52,852 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
Chongoe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chongoe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chongoe is found in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Chongoe? popularity and diffusion
Chongoe is the 4,908,606th most commonly used family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 455,471,620 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chongoe reside; 81 percent reside in East Africa and 81 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
The last name Chongoe is most frequently held in Tanzania, where it is held by 13 people, or 1 in 4,072,432. In Tanzania Chongoe is primarily found in: Tanga Region, where 69 percent are found and Pwani Region, where 31 percent are found. Barring Tanzania this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 13 percent are found and Lesotho, where 6 percent are found.
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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 Chongoe
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