Polongo Surname

2,718,172nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 51 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Polongo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Polongo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil241:8,919,764194,226
DR Congo211:3,518,075145,665
Papua New Guinea41:2,038,429140,827
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Polongo Last Name Facts

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

Polongo is carried by more people in Brazil than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Polongo? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 2,718,172nd most widely held surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 142,893,057 people. This surname is primarily found in The Americas, where 47 percent of Polongo reside; 47 percent reside in South America and 47 percent reside in Luso-South America.

This last name is most frequently used in Brazil, where it is carried by 24 people, or 1 in 8,919,764. In Brazil it is most frequent in: Ceará, where 54 percent are found, Federal District, where 38 percent are found and Goiás, where 4 percent are found. Outside of Brazil Polongo is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 41 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 8 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
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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 Polongo
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