Tchongo Surname
Approximately 340 people bear this surname
Tchongo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 177 | 1:58,393 | 7,220 |
| DR Congo | 109 | 1:677,794 | 49,381 |
| Cameroon | 38 | 1:546,554 | 42,843 |
| Angola | 9 | 1:2,998,802 | 4,903 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 1 | 1:1,728,021 | 323 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
The alternate forms: Tchongó (1) are calculated separately.
Tchongo (128) may also be a first name.
Tchongo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tchongo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tchongo is borne by more people in Benin than any other country/territory. It can also occur as: Tchongó. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tchongo? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 818,364th most prevalent family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 21,433,959 people. The surname Tchongo is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Tchongo are found; 64 percent are found in West Africa and 52 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 821,896th most widely held first name in the world, held by 128 people.
This last name is most common in Benin, where it is borne by 177 people, or 1 in 58,393. In Benin it is most numerous in: Collines Department, where 79 percent are found, Borgou Department, where 12 percent are found and Zou Department, where 5 percent are found. Aside from Benin it is found in 9 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 32 percent are found and Cameroon, 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 Tchongo
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