Jongosi Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Jongosi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Jongosi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe61:2,573,040106,478
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Jongosi (8) may also be a first name.

Jongosi Last Name Facts

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

The surname Jongosi occurs more in Zimbabwe more than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Jongosi? popularity and diffusion

The surname Jongosi is the 6,723,624th most widespread family name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 88 percent of Jongosi live; 88 percent live in Southern Africa and 88 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Jongosi is also the 4,213,784th most widespread first name world-wide. It is borne by 8 people.

The last name Jongosi is most commonly used in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 6 people, or 1 in 2,573,040. In Zimbabwe it is mostly concentrated in: Midlands Province, where 100 percent reside. Barring Zimbabwe this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in India, where 13 percent reside and South Africa, where 13 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 Jongosi
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