Pongay Surname
Approximately 302 people bear this surname
Pongay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 282 | 1:15,633 | 1,633 |
| Indonesia | 17 | 1:7,779,364 | 314,803 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Pongay (21) may also be a first name.
Pongay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pongay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Pongay is carried by more people in Liberia than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pongay? popularity and diffusion
The last name Pongay is the 889,654th most prevalent surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 24,130,947 people. The surname Pongay occurs predominantly in Africa, where 93 percent of Pongay live; 93 percent live in West Africa and 93 percent live in Anglo-West Africa. Pongay is also the 2,368,944th most numerous forename globally, held by 21 people.
The surname Pongay is most frequently used in Liberia, where it is held by 282 people, or 1 in 15,633. In Liberia it is most common in: Montserrado County, where 49 percent reside, Lofa County, where 40 percent reside and Margibi County, where 8 percent reside. Barring Liberia it occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 6 percent reside and Taiwan, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Pongay
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