Kamatongo Surname

1,943,350th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 92 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Zambia

Kamatongo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kamatongo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zambia501:316,99817,478
DR Congo341:2,172,929106,971
Uganda81:4,879,910106,546

Kamatongo (42) may also be a first name.

Kamatongo Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kamatongo is carried by more people in Zambia than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kamatongo? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,943,350th most common surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 79,212,456 people. The last name Kamatongo is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kamatongo reside; 54 percent reside in Southern Africa and 54 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,566,439th most prevalent first name at a global level It is held by 42 people.

It is most widely held in Zambia, where it is borne by 50 people, or 1 in 316,998. In Zambia it is most common in: North-Western Province, where 92 percent live and Copperbelt Province, where 8 percent live. Excluding Zambia this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 37 percent live and Uganda, where 9 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kamatungo89353/
Kamatonga891/
Kamatuungo841/
Kamatona822/
Kamatanga78120/
Kamatunga784/
Kamatogha781/
Kamatana714/
Komotono714/
Kamatanou677/
Kamatagaud636/
Kamatanatt631/
Camatana5933/
Komataga5910/
Komatanos5611/
Kammotana561/

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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 Kamatongo
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