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 last name Chongov (Russian: Чонгов) is borne by more people in Bulgaria than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Chongov click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chongov? popularity and diffusion
The surname Chongov is the 2,460,878th most commonly occurring last name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 119,467,966 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Chongov reside; 97 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 97 percent reside in South Slavic Europe.
This surname is most frequently used in Bulgaria, where it is carried by 59 people, or 1 in 118,287. In Bulgaria it is primarily concentrated in: Blagoevgrad Province, where 61 percent are found, Sofia City Province, where 14 percent are found and Plovdiv Province, where 10 percent are found. Besides Bulgaria this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also found in England, where 2 percent are found and Russia, where 2 percent are found.
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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