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
Etong is more frequently found in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Etong? popularity and diffusion
Etong is the 93,373rd most numerous last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 1,425,855 people. The last name Etong is mostly 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 prevalent first name world-wide. It is borne by 470 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 3,934 people, or 1 in 5,279. In Cameroon it is most common in: Centre Region, where 50 percent are found, East Region, where 22 percent are found and Littoral Region, where 15 percent are found. Apart from Cameroon it is found in 13 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 13 percent are found and The Philippines, where 8 percent are found.
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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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