Pongbe Surname
Approximately 5 people bear this surname
Pongbe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
Pongbe (7) may also be a first name.
Pongbe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pongbe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Pongbe is found most in Nigeria. It can be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Pongbe? popularity and diffusion
Pongbe is the 8,193,072nd most prevalent family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The surname Pongbe is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Pongbe reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 80 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Pongbe is also the 4,548,448th most commonly occurring given name internationally, borne by 7 people.
The last name Pongbe is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 44,285,690. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Lagos, where 75 percent reside and Ogun, where 25 percent reside. Other than Nigeria it occurs in one country. It also occurs in Chad, where 20 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pogbe | 91 | 243 | / |
| Phoungbe | 86 | 2 | / |
| Pongue | 83 | 747 | / |
| Pongwe | 83 | 458 | / |
| Pongba | 83 | 66 | / |
| Pangbe | 83 | 13 | / |
| Pongbi | 83 | 1 | / |
| Poungue | 77 | 141 | / |
| Puongwe | 77 | 35 | / |
| Poingue | 77 | 33 | / |
| Pongbai | 77 | 11 | / |
| Pongoue | 77 | 10 | / |
| Pongwej | 77 | 5 | / |
| Phongwe | 77 | 2 | / |
| Poungwe | 77 | 2 | / |
| Poingwe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Pongwie | 77 | 1 | / |
| Pongkue | 77 | 1 | / |
| Pagbe | 73 | 954 | / |
| Pogba | 73 | 443 | / |
| Pogbi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Pogve | 73 | 1 | / |
| Poungoue | 71 | 220 | / |
| Phonguea | 71 | 71 | / |
| Puonngwe | 71 | 31 | / |
| Pongbhai | 71 | 9 | / |
| Pongkuea | 71 | 5 | / |
| Pongwech | 71 | 5 | / |
| Pongweat | 71 | 4 | / |
| Pongweht | 71 | 1 | / |
| Phangbee | 71 | 1 | / |
| Poungbai | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pongui | 67 | 5,010 | / |
| Pongwa | 67 | 1,858 | / |
| Pangue | 67 | 882 | / |
| Pangwe | 67 | 554 | / |
| Pangba | 67 | 53 | / |
| Phongkuea | 67 | 48 | / |
| Pongua | 67 | 24 | / |
| Phongweha | 67 | 4 | / |
| Ponque | 67 | 4 | / |
| Pungba | 67 | 2 | / |
| Pougba | 67 | 2 | / |
| Pongweach | 67 | 1 | / |
| Peugbe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pagbea | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Pongbe
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