Choongo Surname
Approximately 13,574 people bear this surname
Choongo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 13,547 | 1:1,170 | 159 |
| England | 12 | 1:4,643,172 | 139,951 |
| Australia | 7 | 1:3,856,529 | 135,538 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
Choongo (521) may also be a first name.
Choongo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Choongo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Choongo occurs most in Zambia. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Choongo? popularity and diffusion
Choongo is the 38,746th most frequently used surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 536,875 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Choongo are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 369,942nd most commonly used first name globally, borne by 521 people.
The last name is most frequently used in Zambia, where it is borne by 13,547 people, or 1 in 1,170. In Zambia Choongo is mostly concentrated in: Southern Province, where 52 percent reside, Lusaka Province, where 21 percent reside and Central Province, where 20 percent reside. Beside Zambia it occurs in 9 countries. It is also common in England, where 0 percent reside and Australia, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Choongo
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