Khonga Surname
Approximately 174 people bear this surname
Khonga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 131 | 1:130,680 | 14,293 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Zambia | 5 | 1:3,169,984 | 35,680 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Khonga (49) may also be a first name.
Khonga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Khonga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Khonga (Hindi: खोंगा) is more commonly found in Malawi than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Khonga? popularity and diffusion
Khonga is the 1,300,225th most frequently occurring surname in the world, held by around 1 in 41,882,448 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Khonga reside; 79 percent reside in Southern Africa and 79 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Khonga is also the 1,430,306th most commonly held first name in the world It is held by 49 people.
This last name is most widespread in Malawi, where it is carried by 131 people, or 1 in 130,680. Excluding Malawi it occurs in 8 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 16 percent reside and Zambia, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Khonga Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Khonga in the Hindi language | ||
| खोंगा | khonga | - |
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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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- 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 Khonga
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