Mokongu Surname

1,398,030th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 156 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Mokongu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mokongu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya1551:297,93518,952
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Mokongu (22) may also be a first name.

Mokongu Last Name Facts

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

Mokongu is borne by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Mokongu.

How Common Is The Last Name Mokongu? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,398,030th most frequently used surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 46,715,038 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Mokongu are found; 99 percent are found in East Africa and 54 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,301,746th most frequent forename in the world, held by 22 people.

The surname Mokongu is most common in Kenya, where it is borne by 155 people, or 1 in 297,935. In Kenya Mokongu is most frequent in: Nyamira County, where 55 percent are found, Kisii County, where 44 percent are found and Migori County, where 1 percent are found. Apart from Kenya this last name exists in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 1 percent are found.

Mokongu Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.

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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 Mokongu
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