Kongu Surname
Approximately 1,604 people bear this surname
Kongu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 711 | 1:103,909 | 11,552 |
| India | 464 | 1:1,653,158 | 60,334 |
| Turkey | 165 | 1:471,645 | 27,320 |
| Papua New Guinea | 116 | 1:70,291 | 9,164 |
| Kenya | 89 | 1:518,875 | 25,986 |
| Uganda | 36 | 1:1,084,424 | 45,587 |
| Nigeria | 20 | 1:8,857,138 | 186,571 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Kongu (324) may also be a first name.
Kongu Demographics
Kongu Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Kongu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kongu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kongu (Marathi: कोगु, Russian: Конгу) occurs most in The DR Congo. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kongu? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kongu is the 247,845th most widespread family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 4,543,358 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 53 percent of Kongu are found; 44 percent are found in Central Africa and 44 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 487,350th most widely held first name in the world It is held by 324 people.
The last name Kongu is most numerous in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 711 people, or 1 in 103,909. Beside The DR Congo it exists in 9 countries. It also occurs in India, where 29 percent live and Turkey, where 10 percent live.
Kongu Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kongu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kongu in the Marathi language | ||
| कोगु | kogu | - |
| Kongu in the Russian language | ||
| Конгу | kongu | - |
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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
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- 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 Kongu
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