Kongal Surname
Approximately 330 people bear this surname
Kongal Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 137 | 1:539,267 | 42,095 |
| India | 106 | 1:7,236,466 | 158,262 |
| Jamaica | 49 | 1:58,570 | 3,174 |
| Afghanistan | 21 | 1:1,531,104 | 12,360 |
| Papua New Guinea | 12 | 1:679,476 | 78,554 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kongal (46) may also be a first name.
Kongal Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kongal Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kongal (Hindi: कोंगला, Marathi: गल) occurs most in The DR Congo. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Kongal.
How Common Is The Last Name Kongal? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 835,661st most widespread last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 22,083,472 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 42 percent of Kongal live; 42 percent live in Central Africa and 42 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,484,914th most frequently occurring given name internationally. It is borne by 46 people.
The surname is most numerous in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 137 people, or 1 in 539,267. Apart from The DR Congo this last name is found in 7 countries. It is also found in India, where 32 percent live and Jamaica, where 15 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kongal Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kongal in the Hindi language | ||
| कोंगला | kongala | - |
| Kongal in the Marathi language | ||
| गल | gala | 75 |
| कॉंगल | kongala | 25 |
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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 Kongal
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