Longong Surname

2,944,094th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 44 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Longong Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Longong Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon401:519,22741,500
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Longong (12) may also be a first name.

Longong Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Longong Come From? nationality or country of origin

Longong is carried by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Longong? popularity and diffusion

The surname Longong is the 2,944,094th most commonly used surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 165,626,044 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Longong live; 91 percent live in Central Africa and 91 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,306,491st most frequently occurring forename world-wide, borne by 12 people.

The last name Longong is most numerous in Cameroon, where it is held by 40 people, or 1 in 519,227. In Cameroon Longong is mostly found in: Northwest Region, where 85 percent reside, Littoral Region, where 10 percent reside and Southwest Region, where 3 percent reside. Barring Cameroon this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 5 percent reside and Kenya, where 2 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
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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 Longong
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