Korongo Surname
Approximately 1,543 people bear this surname
Korongo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 1,275 | 1:41,523 | 4,738 |
| Kenya | 143 | 1:322,936 | 19,861 |
| Benin | 88 | 1:117,450 | 12,976 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Cameroon | 9 | 1:2,307,674 | 112,590 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Burundi | 1 | 1:9,804,852 | 2,349 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Korongo (38) may also be a first name.
Korongo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Korongo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Korongo is found most frequently in Tanzania. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Korongo? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 255,670th most numerous family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 4,722,972 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Korongo are found; 92 percent are found in East Africa and 83 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,662,754th most numerous given name at a global level, borne by 38 people.
The last name is most widespread in Tanzania, where it is held by 1,275 people, or 1 in 41,523. In Tanzania it is primarily found in: Dar es Salaam Region, where 38 percent live, Pwani Region, where 20 percent live and Kagera Region, where 18 percent live. Apart from Tanzania this last name is found in 10 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 9 percent live and Benin, where 6 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 Korongo
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