Pongolo Surname

369,191st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 974 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Pongolo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pongolo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa8481:63,8898,030
Tanzania871:608,52437,695
DR Congo341:2,172,929106,971
Papua New Guinea31:2,717,906153,458
England11:55,718,059489,080
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679

Pongolo (31) may also be a first name.

Pongolo Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Pongolo Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Pongolo occurs in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Pongolo? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 369,191st most prevalent family name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 7,482,080 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Pongolo reside; 87 percent reside in Southern Africa and 87 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,874,099th most commonly held first name throughout the world, borne by 31 people.

The surname Pongolo is most frequently held in South Africa, where it is carried by 848 people, or 1 in 63,889. In South Africa it is primarily concentrated in: Eastern Cape, where 64 percent are found, Western Cape, where 15 percent are found and Gauteng, where 9 percent are found. Excluding South Africa this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 9 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 3 percent are found.

Pongolo Last Name Statistics demography

Pongolo earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 43.94% less than the national average, earning R 133,224 per year.

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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 Pongolo
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