Chongoma Surname
Approximately 137 people bear this surname
Chongoma Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 134 | 1:395,087 | 28,090 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Chongoma Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chongoma Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chongoma occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chongoma? popularity and diffusion
Chongoma is the 1,518,885th most common last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 53,193,766 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chongoma reside; 98 percent reside in East Africa and 98 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
It is most numerous in Tanzania, where it is borne by 134 people, or 1 in 395,087. In Tanzania it is most prevalent in: Dodoma Region, where 63 percent are found, Iringa Region, where 24 percent are found and Tabora Region, where 7 percent are found. Without taking into account Tanzania this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 1 percent are found and Cameroon, 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
- 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 Chongoma
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