Tingong Surname

2,394,033rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 64 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Tingong Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tingong Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria431:4,119,599115,187
Cameroon81:2,596,134118,056
India61:127,844,230863,365
Malaysia61:4,915,704170,578
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Tingong (70) may also be a first name.

Tingong Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Tingong Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Tingong is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tingong? popularity and diffusion

The last name Tingong is the 2,394,033rd most commonly used last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 113,867,905 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 80 percent of Tingong are found; 67 percent are found in West Africa and 67 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Tingong is also the 1,162,016th most common first name on earth, borne by 70 people.

The surname is most common in Nigeria, where it is carried by 43 people, or 1 in 4,119,599. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Kaduna, where 70 percent reside, Kano, where 21 percent reside and Nasarawa, where 7 percent reside. Not including Nigeria this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 13 percent reside and India, where 9 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
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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 Tingong
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