Chongov Surname
Approximately 61 people bear this surname
Chongov Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bulgaria | 59 | 1:118,287 | 6,969 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
Chongov Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chongov Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chongov (Russian: Чонгов) is found in Bulgaria more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chongov? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,460,878th most frequently occurring surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 119,467,966 people. It is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Chongov live; 97 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 97 percent live in South Slavic Europe.
The surname Chongov is most commonly held in Bulgaria, where it is borne by 59 people, or 1 in 118,287. In Bulgaria it is most numerous in: Blagoevgrad Province, where 61 percent live, Sofia City Province, where 14 percent live and Plovdiv Province, where 10 percent live. Without taking into account Bulgaria this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in England, where 2 percent live and Russia, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chongov Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chongov in the Russian language | ||
| Чонгов | congov | - |
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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 Chongov
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