Pongom Surname
Approximately 6 people bear this surname
Pongom Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Pongom (279) may also be a first name.
Pongom Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pongom Come From? nationality or country of origin
Pongom is carried by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Pongom.
How Common Is The Last Name Pongom? popularity and diffusion
The last name Pongom is the 7,593,402nd most frequently occurring family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. It is mostly found in Oceania, where 83 percent of Pongom live; 83 percent live in Oceania Islands and 83 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Pongom is also the 531,524th most numerous first name at a global level. It is borne by 279 people.
This last name is most prevalent in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 5 people, or 1 in 1,630,743. In Papua New Guinea it is most numerous in: Morobe, where 100 percent are found. Beside Papua New Guinea this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 17 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 Pongom
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