Pongen Surname
Approximately 656 people bear this surname
Pongen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 618 | 1:1,241,206 | 49,394 |
| Qatar | 16 | 1:147,375 | 16,023 |
| Papua New Guinea | 7 | 1:1,164,817 | 109,517 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
Pongen (16) may also be a first name.
Pongen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pongen Come From? nationality or country of origin
Pongen is held by more people in India than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Pongen? popularity and diffusion
It is the 501,369th most commonly occurring last name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 11,109,064 people. The last name Pongen occurs mostly in Asia, where 97 percent of Pongen are found; 94 percent are found in South Asia and 94 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Pongen is also the 2,786,762nd most frequent first name world-wide, held by 16 people.
The last name is most widely held in India, where it is borne by 618 people, or 1 in 1,241,206. In India it is primarily concentrated in: Nagaland, where 89 percent live, Delhi, where 1 percent live and Meghalaya, where 1 percent live. Not including India Pongen exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Qatar, where 2 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 1 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 Pongen
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