Pongolani Surname
Approximately 1,443 people bear this surname
Pongolani Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 784 | 1:21,836 | 3,343 |
| Tanzania | 249 | 1:212,617 | 17,846 |
| Zambia | 206 | 1:76,941 | 6,580 |
| Zimbabwe | 192 | 1:80,408 | 11,765 |
| South Africa | 7 | 1:7,739,672 | 177,858 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Pongolani (73) may also be a first name.
Pongolani Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pongolani Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Pongolani is more frequently found in Malawi than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Pongolani? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 270,292nd most frequently used surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 5,050,274 people. The last name Pongolani is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Pongolani reside; 82 percent reside in Southern Africa and 82 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,134,117th most numerous first name throughout the world, borne by 73 people.
The last name Pongolani is most widespread in Malawi, where it is held by 784 people, or 1 in 21,836. Outside of Malawi this last name exists in 8 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 17 percent live and Zambia, where 14 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
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- 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 Pongolani
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