Pongua Surname
Approximately 24 people bear this surname
Pongua Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 22 | 1:370,624 | 48,900 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
Pongua Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pongua Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Pongua occurs more in Papua New Guinea more than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Pongua.
How Common Is The Last Name Pongua? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 4,034,050th most prevalent surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 303,647,746 people. Pongua is predominantly found in Oceania, where 92 percent of Pongua live; 92 percent live in Oceania Islands and 92 percent live in Papuan Oceania.
It is most commonly used in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 22 people, or 1 in 370,624. In Papua New Guinea Pongua is most common in: Eastern Highlands, where 73 percent live, Bougainville, where 23 percent live and Southern Highlands, where 5 percent live. Excluding Papua New Guinea Pongua is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 4 percent live and Colombia, where 4 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 Pongua
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