Nhongo Surname
Approximately 2,310 people bear this surname
Nhongo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 2,264 | 1:6,819 | 758 |
| Australia | 12 | 1:2,249,642 | 97,973 |
| South Africa | 12 | 1:4,514,809 | 137,638 |
| Tanzania | 9 | 1:5,882,401 | 60,754 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Namibia | 2 | 1:1,204,700 | 16,113 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
Nhongo (32) may also be a first name.
Nhongo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nhongo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nhongo is most common in Zimbabwe. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nhongo? popularity and diffusion
It is the 183,796th most numerous surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 3,154,782 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Nhongo are found; 99 percent are found in Southern Africa and 99 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,840,253rd most frequently held first name internationally, borne by 32 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 2,264 people, or 1 in 6,819. In Zimbabwe Nhongo is primarily concentrated in: Masvingo Province, where 41 percent live, Midlands Province, where 22 percent live and Harare Province, where 12 percent live. Barring Zimbabwe it exists in 10 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 1 percent live and South Africa, where 1 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 Nhongo
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