Dongani Surname

4,116,508th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 23 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Congo

Dongani Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dongani Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe91:1,715,36084,476
Congo81:623,63715,053
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Nepal11:28,480,95622,413
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128

Dongani (10) may also be a first name.

Dongani Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Dongani Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Dongani is more commonly found in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Dongani? popularity and diffusion

Dongani is the 4,116,508th most commonly occurring surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 316,849,822 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 78 percent of Dongani are found; 43 percent are found in Southern Africa and 43 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Dongani is also the 3,684,242nd most frequently used forename internationally, held by 10 people.

The surname is most commonly occurring in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 9 people, or 1 in 1,715,360. In Zimbabwe it is most numerous in: Midlands Province, where 100 percent reside. Apart from Zimbabwe it exists in 5 countries. It is also found in The Congo, where 35 percent reside and India, where 13 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
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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 Dongani
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