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 found most in Niger. It may also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Kongou click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kongou? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,491,356th most numerous last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 51,684,723 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 70 percent of Kongou live; 69 percent live in West Africa and 38 percent live in Chadic Africa. Kongou is also the 890,531st most frequent first name internationally. It is borne by 111 people.
The last name Kongou is most frequently occurring in Niger, where it is held by 53 people, or 1 in 362,114. In Niger it is most frequent in: Tillabéri Region, where 81 percent live, Niamey Capital District, where 13 percent live and Agadez Region, where 2 percent live. Excluding Niger Kongou exists in 9 countries. It is also found in Benin, where 28 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 15 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
- 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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