Opongo Surname

1,101,507th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 222 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Congo
Highest density in:
Congo

Opongo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Opongo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Congo1051:47,5154,412
Kenya781:592,05027,720
DR Congo211:3,518,075145,665
Uganda171:2,296,42870,019
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Opongo Last Name Facts

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

Opongo occurs more in The Congo more than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Opongo.

How Common Is The Last Name Opongo? popularity and diffusion

The surname Opongo is the 1,101,507th most widely held last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 32,826,783 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Opongo are found; 57 percent are found in Central Africa and 57 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.

The last name is most widely held in The Congo, where it is borne by 105 people, or 1 in 47,515. In The Congo Opongo is primarily found in: Brazzaville Department, where 92 percent reside and Cuvette-Ouest Department, where 7 percent reside. Besides The Congo Opongo exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 35 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 9 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Opong'o924/
Opono91514/
Opogo91169/
Opoungou8683/
Opango831,365/
Epongo83679/
Oponou83187/
Oponga83165/
Opungo83102/
Apongo83102/
Opogot8359/
Ophono8313/
Oponoi832/
Opoino831/
Opougo831/
Gopogo831/
Opouno831/
Ospono831/
Opponou7747/
Epongoh7714/
Hoponoa777/
Gapongo775/
Opounga771/
Hoponou771/
Opounou771/
Apohngo771/
Apongou771/
Apong'o771/
Opungou771/
Apono73528/
Apogo73291/
Opoga7377/
Opona7344/
Opago7318/
Opoño733/
Apuongho713/
Opanga672,397/
Apango671,614/
Aponga67949/
Aponno67769/
Eponga67493/
Opunga67232/
Opogah67150/
Epango6757/
Aponoi6735/
Otphangot6713/
Atpono6711/
Apouno6711/
Aponou677/
Appogo676/
Appono676/
Opphangot674/
Hapono674/
Aponoh673/
Aupono672/
Opogha672/
Opoona671/
Aponop671/
Gopago671/
Gapono671/
Oponah671/
Ophago671/
Gapogo671/
Apungo671/
Aponos671/
Apoogo671/
Hopona671/

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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 Opongo
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