Thonga Surname
Approximately 753 people bear this surname
Thonga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 712 | 1:76,092 | 9,464 |
| Cameroon | 20 | 1:1,038,453 | 65,513 |
| India | 7 | 1:109,580,769 | 786,157 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Zambia | 3 | 1:5,283,307 | 43,479 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Thonga (144) may also be a first name.
Thonga Demographics
Average Thonga Salary in
South Africa
R 148,104
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Thonga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Thonga Come From? nationality or country of origin
Thonga (Tibetan: མཐོང་སྔ་) is found in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Thonga? popularity and diffusion
The surname Thonga is the 451,199th most commonly held last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 9,678,016 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Thonga are found; 95 percent are found in Southern Africa and 95 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Thonga is also the 769,375th most common given name internationally. It is borne by 144 people.
The surname is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is held by 712 people, or 1 in 76,092. In South Africa Thonga is most numerous in: Eastern Cape, where 34 percent live, Gauteng, where 20 percent live and Limpopo, where 15 percent live. Excluding South Africa this last name occurs in 10 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 3 percent live and India, where 1 percent live.
Thonga Last Name Statistics demography
Thonga earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 37.68% less than the national average, earning R 148,104 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Thonga Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Thonga in the Tibetan language | ||
| མཐོང་སྔ་ | tongnga | 50 |
| མཐོང་དགའ་ | tongga | 50 |
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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 Thonga
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