Pongala Surname
Approximately 88 people bear this surname
Pongala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 54 | 1:150,995 | 20,848 |
| India | 20 | 1:38,353,269 | 431,471 |
| Indonesia | 13 | 1:10,173,015 | 372,576 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Pongala (27) may also be a first name.
Pongala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pongala Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Pongala occurs in Papua New Guinea more than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Pongala? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,994,173rd most frequent surname throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 82,813,022 people. The last name Pongala is predominantly found in Oceania, where 61 percent of Pongala live; 61 percent live in Oceania Islands and 61 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Pongala is also the 2,036,353rd most numerous first name worldwide, borne by 27 people.
The surname Pongala is most commonly held in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 54 people, or 1 in 150,995. In Papua New Guinea it is most numerous in: Enga, where 100 percent are found. Outside of Papua New Guinea Pongala is found in 3 countries. It is also found in India, where 23 percent are found and Indonesia, where 15 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
- 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 Pongala
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