Pongga Surname
Approximately 28 people bear this surname
Pongga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 18 | 1:5,624,346 | 177,167 |
| Indonesia | 8 | 1:16,531,149 | 488,268 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Pongga (43) may also be a first name.
Pongga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pongga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Pongga is more commonly found in The Philippines than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Pongga? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 3,730,171st most commonly used surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 260,269,497 people. Pongga occurs mostly in Asia, where 96 percent of Pongga are found; 96 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 61 percent are found in Fil-Southeast Asia. Pongga is also the 1,545,828th most commonly used first name internationally, held by 43 people.
It is most common in The Philippines, where it is borne by 18 people, or 1 in 5,624,346. In The Philippines Pongga is primarily concentrated in: Central Visayas, where 61 percent are found, Western Visayas, where 28 percent are found and Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, where 6 percent are found. Aside from The Philippines it occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 29 percent are found and Malaysia, where 4 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 Pongga
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