Kongowa Surname
Approximately 6 people bear this surname
Kongowa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 5 | 1:7,807,856 | 134,263 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Kongowa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kongowa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kongowa is found most frequently in Uganda. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Kongowa.
How Common Is The Last Name Kongowa? popularity and diffusion
Kongowa is the 7,593,402nd most commonly used last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. Kongowa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kongowa reside; 83 percent reside in East Africa and 50 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
The last name is most frequently used in Uganda, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 7,807,856. In Uganda it is mostly concentrated in: Mbale District, where 60 percent reside, Bukedea District, where 20 percent reside and Mayuge District, where 20 percent reside. Excluding Uganda this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in Cameroon, where 17 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 Kongowa
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