Kotongo Surname
Approximately 2,553 people bear this surname
Kotongo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 2,531 | 1:29,190 | 3,658 |
| Congo | 9 | 1:554,344 | 12,633 |
| France | 8 | 1:8,302,840 | 321,660 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Kotongo (231) may also be a first name.
Kotongo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kotongo Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kotongo is most common in The DR Congo. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kotongo? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 169,111th most prevalent family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 2,854,503 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kotongo are found; 99 percent are found in Central Africa and 99 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 590,311th most commonly held first name internationally, held by 231 people.
The surname Kotongo is most commonly used in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 2,531 people, or 1 in 29,190. Outside of The DR Congo this surname exists in 6 countries. It is also common in The Congo, where 0 percent are found and France, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Kotongo
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