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 is found in Zambia more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Choongo? popularity and diffusion
Choongo is the 38,746th most common surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 536,875 people. The last name Choongo is primarily found 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. Choongo is also the 369,942nd most commonly held first name world-wide, borne by 521 people.
This last name is most commonly held in Zambia, where it is held by 13,547 people, or 1 in 1,170. In Zambia Choongo is most numerous in: Southern Province, where 52 percent reside, Lusaka Province, where 21 percent reside and Central Province, where 20 percent reside. Other than Zambia this last name occurs in 9 countries. It is also found 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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