Gontoing Surname
Approximately 391 people bear this surname
Gontoing Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 387 | 1:53,667 | 6,988 |
| Chad | 4 | 1:3,398,050 | 7,703 |
Gontoing (40) may also be a first name.
Gontoing Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gontoing Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gontoing is more frequently found in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gontoing? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 738,530th most frequently occurring surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 18,638,225 people. The last name Gontoing is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Gontoing live; 65 percent live in Central Africa and 59 percent live in Adamawa-Ubangian Africa. Gontoing is also the 1,614,485th most prevalent first name world-wide, held by 40 people.
The last name is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 387 people, or 1 in 53,667. In Cameroon it is most common in: Far North Region, where 79 percent are found, North Region, where 15 percent are found and South Region, where 4 percent are found. Barring Cameroon Gontoing occurs in one country. It also occurs in Chad, where 1 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 Gontoing
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