Shongola Surname
Approximately 279 people bear this surname
Shongola Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Namibia | 158 | 1:15,249 | 2,776 |
| Tanzania | 114 | 1:464,400 | 32,092 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Swaziland | 1 | 1:1,298,199 | 1,718 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Shongola Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shongola Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Shongola occurs more in Namibia more than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shongola? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 940,398th most prevalent last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 26,120,236 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Shongola reside; 57 percent reside in Southern Africa and 57 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
The surname Shongola is most commonly held in Namibia, where it is held by 158 people, or 1 in 15,249. In Namibia Shongola is mostly concentrated in: Oshikoto Region, where 31 percent reside, Khomas Region, where 27 percent reside and Omusati Region, where 23 percent reside. Outside of Namibia Shongola exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 41 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Shongola
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