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 has its highest incidence in Papua New Guinea. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pongala? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,994,173rd most widespread family name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 82,813,022 people. The surname 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 commonly occurring first name on earth It is held by 27 people.
This last name is most commonly used in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 54 people, or 1 in 150,995. In Papua New Guinea it is primarily concentrated in: Enga, where 100 percent live. Without taking into account Papua New Guinea this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also found in India, where 23 percent live and Indonesia, where 15 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 Pongala
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