Pongem Surname
Approximately 39 people bear this surname
Pongem Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 35 | 1:232,963 | 32,024 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Pongem (10) may also be a first name.
Pongem Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pongem Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Pongem is found most in Papua New Guinea. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pongem? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,141,416th most common family name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 186,860,152 people. This last name occurs mostly in Oceania, where 90 percent of Pongem are found; 90 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 90 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 3,684,242nd most commonly used first name worldwide It is held by 10 people.
The last name is most frequently used in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 35 people, or 1 in 232,963. In Papua New Guinea Pongem is most common in: Enga, where 97 percent reside and Hela, where 3 percent reside. Apart from Papua New Guinea Pongem exists in 2 countries. It is also found in India, where 8 percent reside and Brazil, where 3 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 Pongem
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