Chongwain Surname
Approximately 415 people bear this surname
Chongwain Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 407 | 1:51,030 | 6,672 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Chongwain Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chongwain Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chongwain occurs most in Cameroon. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chongwain? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 707,442nd most commonly held family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 17,560,352 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Chongwain are found; 98 percent are found in Central Africa and 97 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.
The surname Chongwain is most commonly used in Cameroon, where it is held by 407 people, or 1 in 51,030. In Cameroon it is mostly concentrated in: Northwest Region, where 72 percent live, Southwest Region, where 11 percent live and Centre Region, where 8 percent live. Not including Cameroon this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in England, where 1 percent live and Nigeria, where 1 percent live.
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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 Chongwain
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