Etong Surname
Approximately 5,111 people bear this surname
Etong Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 3,934 | 1:5,279 | 642 |
| Nigeria | 676 | 1:262,046 | 15,025 |
| Philippines | 430 | 1:235,438 | 35,846 |
| Malaysia | 43 | 1:685,912 | 32,468 |
| Indonesia | 17 | 1:7,779,364 | 314,803 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Central African Republic | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,196 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Etong (470) may also be a first name.
Etong Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Etong Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Etong is found most frequently in Cameroon. It may also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Etong? popularity and diffusion
The last name Etong is the 93,373rd most frequent family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 1,425,855 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 90 percent of Etong reside; 77 percent reside in Central Africa and 61 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Etong is also the 392,739th most commonly occurring first name internationally, held by 470 people.
Etong is most widespread in Cameroon, where it is borne by 3,934 people, or 1 in 5,279. In Cameroon it is mostly concentrated in: Centre Region, where 50 percent reside, East Region, where 22 percent reside and Littoral Region, where 15 percent reside. Barring Cameroon it is found in 13 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 13 percent reside and The Philippines, where 8 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 Etong
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