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 most common in Niger. It can appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kongou? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kongou is the 1,491,356th most widely held surname on earth It is held by around 1 in 51,684,723 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 70 percent of Kongou are found; 69 percent are found in West Africa and 38 percent are found in Chadic Africa. It is also the 890,531st most widespread first name on earth It is held by 111 people.
The surname Kongou is most commonly used in Niger, where it is borne by 53 people, or 1 in 362,114. In Niger it is most frequent in: Tillabéri Region, where 81 percent reside, Niamey Capital District, where 13 percent reside and Agadez Region, where 2 percent reside. Excluding Niger it is found in 9 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 28 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 15 percent reside.
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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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