Kongou Surname
Approximately 141 people bear this surname
Kongou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 53 | 1:362,114 | 10,354 |
| Benin | 40 | 1:258,390 | 22,474 |
| Papua New Guinea | 21 | 1:388,272 | 50,829 |
| Greece | 18 | 1:615,544 | 71,673 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kongou (111) may also be a first name.
Kongou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kongou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kongou is more frequently found in Niger than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kongou? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kongou is the 1,491,356th most frequently occurring last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 51,684,723 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 70 percent of Kongou reside; 69 percent reside in West Africa and 38 percent reside in Chadic Africa. It is also the 890,531st most commonly held forename throughout the world, borne by 111 people.
It is most commonly occurring in Niger, where it is held by 53 people, or 1 in 362,114. In Niger Kongou is most common in: Tillabéri Region, where 81 percent are found, Niamey Capital District, where 13 percent are found and Agadez Region, where 2 percent are found. Beside Niger it occurs in 9 countries. It also occurs in Benin, where 28 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 15 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 Kongou
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