Gongo Surname
Approximately 14,312 people bear this surname
Gongo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Angola | 6,507 | 1:4,148 | 601 |
| DR Congo | 1,334 | 1:55,382 | 6,641 |
| South Africa | 1,158 | 1:46,786 | 5,956 |
| Burkina Faso | 1,034 | 1:17,749 | 1,286 |
| Ivory Coast | 1,022 | 1:22,575 | 1,640 |
| Tanzania | 1,005 | 1:52,678 | 5,812 |
| India | 906 | 1:846,651 | 37,412 |
| Benin | 294 | 1:35,155 | 4,553 |
| Nigeria | 192 | 1:922,619 | 39,799 |
| Albania | 183 | 1:15,924 | 2,834 |
| Kenya | 161 | 1:286,832 | 18,555 |
| Brazil | 129 | 1:1,659,491 | 54,555 |
| Liberia | 96 | 1:45,922 | 4,138 |
| Pakistan | 79 | 1:2,261,315 | 20,628 |
| Cameroon | 42 | 1:494,502 | 40,134 |
| Papua New Guinea | 30 | 1:271,791 | 36,992 |
| United States | 27 | 1:13,424,405 | 494,117 |
| Niger | 26 | 1:738,154 | 17,467 |
| Uganda | 20 | 1:1,951,964 | 63,898 |
| Iran | 14 | 1:5,484,466 | 128,255 |
| Greece | 8 | 1:1,384,974 | 86,362 |
| Belgium | 6 | 1:1,916,107 | 103,447 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| Taiwan | 5 | 1:4,688,949 | 27,695 |
| Namibia | 4 | 1:602,350 | 12,421 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Congo | 2 | 1:2,494,548 | 28,763 |
| Colombia | 2 | 1:23,887,036 | 32,612 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Central African Republic | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,196 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7 | 1:7,174,098 | 302,835 |
The alternate forms: Gongô (1) are calculated separately.
Gongo (1,084) may also be a first name.
Gongo Demographics
Gongo Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Gongo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gongo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gongo (Hindi: गोंगो, Russian: Гонго, Tibetan: སྒོང་སྒོ།) is found most in Angola. It can also occur in the variant forms: Gongô. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gongo? popularity and diffusion
It is the 36,848th most numerous last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 509,191 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 89 percent of Gongo are found; 54 percent are found in Southern Africa and 45 percent are found in Luso-Southern Africa. Gongo is also the 242,513th most prevalent first name globally. It is borne by 1,084 people.
This last name is most frequently used in Angola, where it is carried by 6,507 people, or 1 in 4,148. Other than Angola this last name occurs in 40 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 9 percent live and South Africa, where 8 percent live.
Gongo Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Gongo has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Gongo last name rose 386 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Gongo Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Gongo surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those bearing the Gongo last name are 38.94% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 85.71% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Gongo earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 31.18% less than the national average, earning R 163,548 per year; in Colombia they earn 6.81% less than the national average, earning $21,157,500 COP per year and in United States they earn 48.9% more than the national average, earning $64,250 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gongo Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gongo in the Hindi language | ||
| गोंगो | gongo | - |
| Gongo in the Tibetan language | ||
| སྒོང་སྒོ། | gonggo | 33.33 |
| སྒོང་གོ། | gonggo | 22.22 |
| དགོང་གོ་ | gonggo | 11.11 |
| དགོ་གོ་ | gogo | 11.11 |
| སྒོང་མགོ། | gonggo | 11.11 |
| དགོང་སྒོ་ | gonggo | 11.11 |
| Gongo in the Russian language | ||
| Гонго | gongo | - |
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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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- 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 Gongo
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