Kongoi Surname
Approximately 457 people bear this surname
Kongoi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 250 | 1:211,766 | 17,801 |
| Kenya | 107 | 1:431,588 | 23,328 |
| Papua New Guinea | 32 | 1:254,804 | 34,943 |
| Uganda | 29 | 1:1,346,182 | 51,611 |
| Malaysia | 26 | 1:1,134,393 | 49,681 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
The alternate forms: Kongoï (2) are calculated separately.
Kongoi (71) may also be a first name.
Kongoi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kongoi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kongoi occurs in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant: Kongoï. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kongoi? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 658,434th most commonly held family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 15,946,490 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 86 percent of Kongoi live; 84 percent live in East Africa and 78 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,152,838th most frequently occurring first name world-wide It is held by 71 people.
The last name is most commonly held in Tanzania, where it is borne by 250 people, or 1 in 211,766. In Tanzania it is mostly concentrated in: Pwani Region, where 50 percent live, Dar es Salaam Region, where 44 percent live and Ruvuma Region, where 4 percent live. Besides Tanzania this last name occurs in 13 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 23 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 7 percent live.
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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 Kongoi
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