Chongu Surname
Approximately 205 people bear this surname
Chongu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 193 | 1:917,838 | 39,641 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Zambia | 4 | 1:3,962,480 | 38,524 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Chongu (25) may also be a first name.
Chongu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chongu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chongu (Hindi: चोंगू) is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Chongu click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chongu? popularity and diffusion
The last name Chongu is the 1,163,787th most commonly occurring surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 35,549,004 people. The last name Chongu is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Chongu live; 94 percent live in West Africa and 94 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Chongu is also the 2,136,160th most numerous first name throughout the world It is held by 25 people.
This last name is most common in Nigeria, where it is carried by 193 people, or 1 in 917,838. In Nigeria Chongu is primarily concentrated in: Benue, where 70 percent live, Kano, where 17 percent live and Kogi, where 4 percent live. Not including Nigeria this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 2 percent live and Zambia, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chongu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chongu in the Hindi language | ||
| चोंगू | congu | - |
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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 Chongu
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