Pongolo Surname
Approximately 974 people bear this surname
Pongolo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 848 | 1:63,889 | 8,030 |
| Tanzania | 87 | 1:608,524 | 37,695 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
Pongolo (31) may also be a first name.
Pongolo Demographics
Average Pongolo Salary in
South Africa
R 133,224
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Pongolo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pongolo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Pongolo is borne by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pongolo? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 369,191st most common last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 7,482,080 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Pongolo are found; 87 percent are found in Southern Africa and 87 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,874,099th most frequently used first name at a global level. It is borne by 31 people.
It is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is held by 848 people, or 1 in 63,889. In South Africa Pongolo is most prevalent in: Eastern Cape, where 64 percent are found, Western Cape, where 15 percent are found and Gauteng, where 9 percent are found. Aside from South Africa this surname is found in 5 countries. It is also common 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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