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

Pongolo is found in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Pongolo? popularity and diffusion

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

The surname Pongolo is most frequently held in South Africa, where it is held by 848 people, or 1 in 63,889. In South Africa Pongolo is most frequent in: Eastern Cape, where 64 percent reside, Western Cape, where 15 percent reside and Gauteng, where 9 percent reside. Beside South Africa it occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 9 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 3 percent reside.

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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