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 surname Kongoi is more commonly found in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can appear as: Kongoï. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kongoi? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kongoi is the 658,434th most frequently held surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 15,946,490 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 86 percent of Kongoi are found; 84 percent are found in East Africa and 78 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Kongoi is also the 1,152,838th most frequently held first name globally, borne by 71 people.
This last name is most common in Tanzania, where it is held by 250 people, or 1 in 211,766. In Tanzania it is most frequent in: Pwani Region, where 50 percent are found, Dar es Salaam Region, where 44 percent are found and Ruvuma Region, where 4 percent are found. Without taking into account Tanzania this surname occurs in 13 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 23 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 7 percent are found.
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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 Kongoi
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