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
Pongolani has its highest incidence in Malawi. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Pongolani click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pongolani? popularity and diffusion
Pongolani is the 270,292nd most commonly occurring surname in the world, held by around 1 in 5,050,274 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Pongolani live; 82 percent live in Southern Africa and 82 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Pongolani is also the 1,134,117th most frequently held first name globally It is held by 73 people.
The last name is most common in Malawi, where it is carried by 784 people, or 1 in 21,836. Beside Malawi this surname exists in 8 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 17 percent are found and Zambia, where 14 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 Pongolani
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