Dongay Surname
Approximately 37 people bear this surname
Dongay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 13 | 1:1,476,309 | 30,154 |
| Philippines | 11 | 1:9,203,475 | 207,772 |
| Liberia | 6 | 1:734,756 | 29,369 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Dongay (23) may also be a first name.
Dongay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dongay Come From? nationality or country of origin
Dongay (Tibetan: འགྲོང་རྒྱས།) has its highest incidence in Niger. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Dongay.
How Common Is The Last Name Dongay? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,228,735th most frequently held family name globally, borne by around 1 in 196,960,700 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 57 percent of Dongay reside; 51 percent reside in West Africa and 35 percent reside in Chadic Africa. It is also the 2,239,265th most frequently used first name world-wide It is held by 23 people.
The surname Dongay is most widespread in Niger, where it is carried by 13 people, or 1 in 1,476,309. In Niger it is most prevalent in: Tillabéri Region, where 85 percent reside and Niamey Capital District, where 15 percent reside. Other than Niger this surname exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 30 percent reside and Liberia, where 16 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Dongay Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Dongay in the Tibetan language | ||
| འགྲོང་རྒྱས། | dronggyé | 50 |
| གདོང་རྒྱས། | donggyé | 50 |
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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 Dongay
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