Dongme Surname

3,185,033rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 38 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Dongme Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dongme Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea371:220,37130,351
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406

Dongme (18) may also be a first name.

Dongme Last Name Facts

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

Dongme is borne by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Dongme? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,185,033rd most prevalent last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 191,777,524 people. The surname Dongme occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 97 percent of Dongme reside; 97 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 97 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Dongme is also the 2,608,198th most commonly occurring forename worldwide. It is borne by 18 people.

Dongme is most frequently used in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 37 people, or 1 in 220,371. In Papua New Guinea it is most common in: Madang, where 92 percent live, National Capital District, where 5 percent live and West New Britain, where 3 percent live. Aside from Papua New Guinea this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 3 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dongmei9253/
Dongmeh921/
Dogme913/
Dangme8313/
Dongmi8311/
Doongm833/
Dongma833/
Doungm832/
Dogmie831/
Duongmeas802/
Dangmei77720/
Duongmy77135/
Dongmai7725/
Doungma7714/
Dangmee774/
Dongmoi772/
Doongmi771/
Doghmeh771/
Dogma73319/
Dagme7354/
Dhangmei7127/
Doongmaa711/
Doghmi672,772/
Dagmey67153/
Dagmeh6772/
Dangma6759/
Dogmid6753/
Dangmi6718/
Dungma678/
Dougma677/
Dogmai675/
Dagmer673/
Deugme671/
Dagmez671/

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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 Dongme
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