Pongang Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Pongang Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 7 | 1:14,462,603 | 238,248 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
Pongang (19) may also be a first name.
Pongang Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pongang Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Pongang is borne by more people in The Philippines than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pongang? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 6,360,413th most commonly held surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. The surname Pongang is mostly found in Asia, where 78 percent of Pongang live; 78 percent live in Southeast Asia and 56 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Pongang is also the 2,523,061st most frequently occurring forename globally. It is borne by 19 people.
Pongang is most commonly occurring in The Philippines, where it is held by 7 people, or 1 in 14,462,603. In The Philippines Pongang is most frequent in: Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, where 71 percent are found and Soccsksargen, where 29 percent are found. Apart from The Philippines this surname exists in one country. It is also common in Cameroon, where 22 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 Pongang
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