Pongou Surname
Approximately 149 people bear this surname
Pongou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 82 | 1:253,281 | 24,740 |
| Papua New Guinea | 33 | 1:247,082 | 33,879 |
| Benin | 22 | 1:469,800 | 32,108 |
| Malaysia | 6 | 1:4,915,704 | 170,578 |
| Congo | 4 | 1:1,247,274 | 20,238 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Pongou (16) may also be a first name.
Pongou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pongou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Pongou is found most frequently in Cameroon. It can occur as:. For other possible spellings of Pongou click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pongou? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,441,361st most commonly held surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 48,909,704 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 72 percent of Pongou are found; 57 percent are found in Central Africa and 57 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,786,762nd most commonly held first name on earth It is held by 16 people.
This surname is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 82 people, or 1 in 253,281. In Cameroon it is most common in: Littoral Region, where 62 percent live, Centre Region, where 21 percent live and West Region, where 11 percent live. Beside Cameroon it exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 22 percent live and Benin, where 15 percent live.
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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 Pongou
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