Shongov Surname
Approximately 15 people bear this surname
Shongov Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bulgaria | 10 | 1:697,890 | 27,590 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
Shongov Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shongov Come From? nationality or country of origin
Shongov (Russian: Шонгов) is borne by more people in Bulgaria than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Shongov? popularity and diffusion
It is the 5,057,639th most widely held last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 485,836,394 people. The surname Shongov occurs mostly in Europe, where 73 percent of Shongov live; 67 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 67 percent live in South Slavic Europe.
It is most numerous in Bulgaria, where it is borne by 10 people, or 1 in 697,890. In Bulgaria Shongov is mostly concentrated in: Plovdiv Province, where 70 percent reside, Gabrovo Province, where 10 percent reside and Sliven Province, where 10 percent reside. Apart from Bulgaria this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 27 percent reside and Russia, where 7 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shongov Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shongov in the Russian language | ||
| Шонгов | songov | - |
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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
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- 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 Shongov
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