Chongola Surname
Approximately 5,730 people bear this surname
Chongola Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mozambique | 5,562 | 1:4,901 | 1,104 |
| Tanzania | 127 | 1:416,863 | 29,360 |
| Zambia | 34 | 1:466,174 | 21,520 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Central African Republic | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,196 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Chongola Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chongola Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chongola is more commonly found in Mozambique than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Chongola? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 84,342nd most common surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 1,271,823 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chongola reside; 98 percent reside in Southern Africa and 97 percent reside in Luso-Southern Africa.
The surname is most widely held in Mozambique, where it is held by 5,562 people, or 1 in 4,901. Beside Mozambique Chongola is found in 8 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 2 percent are found and Zambia, where 1 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
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- 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 Chongola
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