Kishongo Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Kishongo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 6 | 1:8,823,602 | 72,091 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Kishongo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kishongo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kishongo is found most in Tanzania. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kishongo? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 7,117,718th most commonly held surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kishongo are found; 86 percent are found in East Africa and 86 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
This surname is most commonly used in Tanzania, where it is carried by 6 people, or 1 in 8,823,602. In Tanzania Kishongo is mostly concentrated in: Kagera Region, where 67 percent live, Arusha Region, where 17 percent live and Dar es Salaam Region, where 17 percent live. Besides Tanzania this surname exists in one country. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 14 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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 Kishongo
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis