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
Chongu (Hindi: चोंगू) is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Chongu click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chongu? popularity and diffusion
Chongu is the 1,163,787th most frequently occurring last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 35,549,004 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Chongu reside; 94 percent reside in West Africa and 94 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Chongu is also the 2,136,160th most widely held first name at a global level, held by 25 people.
Chongu is most common in Nigeria, where it is held by 193 people, or 1 in 917,838. In Nigeria Chongu is mostly concentrated in: Benue, where 70 percent are found, Kano, where 17 percent are found and Kogi, where 4 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria it exists in 4 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 2 percent are found and Zambia, where 2 percent are found.
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
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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 Chongu
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