Chongota Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Chongota Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Chongota Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Chongota Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Chongota Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Chongota is carried by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Chongota? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 8,968,613th most frequent family name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chongota reside; 50 percent reside in Central Africa and 50 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.

The last name is most common in Cameroon, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 10,384,534. In Cameroon Chongota is mostly concentrated in: South Region, where 50 percent reside and West Region, where 50 percent reside. Not including Cameroon Chongota exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Angola, where 25 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 25 percent reside.

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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 Chongota
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