Pongu Surname
Approximately 292 people bear this surname
Pongu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 192 | 1:3,995,132 | 108,566 |
| DR Congo | 55 | 1:1,343,265 | 79,223 |
| Papua New Guinea | 31 | 1:263,023 | 35,917 |
| Indonesia | 5 | 1:26,449,839 | 597,308 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Pongu (60) may also be a first name.
Pongu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pongu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Pongu is carried by more people in India than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Pongu? popularity and diffusion
The last name Pongu is the 910,497th most common surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 24,957,349 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 68 percent of Pongu reside; 66 percent reside in South Asia and 64 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 1,270,172nd most prevalent first name on earth, borne by 60 people.
Pongu is most widely held in India, where it is borne by 192 people, or 1 in 3,995,132. In India it is most prevalent in: Telangana, where 62 percent are found, Andhra Pradesh, where 36 percent are found and Goa, where 2 percent are found. Excluding India it occurs in 11 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 19 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 11 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 Pongu
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