Tongah Surname
Approximately 147 people bear this surname
Tongah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 49 | 1:89,970 | 7,357 |
| Indonesia | 37 | 1:3,574,303 | 189,798 |
| Philippines | 35 | 1:2,892,521 | 138,859 |
| Ivory Coast | 14 | 1:1,647,945 | 32,915 |
| Malaysia | 8 | 1:3,686,778 | 134,908 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Tongah (170) may also be a first name.
Tongah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tongah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Tongah is held by more people in Liberia than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Tongah? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,453,389th most frequently used family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 49,575,142 people. The last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 56 percent of Tongah reside; 55 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 54 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 701,320th most widely held first name internationally, held by 170 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Liberia, where it is held by 49 people, or 1 in 89,970. In Liberia Tongah is mostly found in: Gbarpolu County, where 35 percent reside, Montserrado County, where 27 percent reside and Nimba County, where 24 percent reside. Beside Liberia this last name occurs in 8 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 25 percent reside and The Philippines, where 24 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 Tongah
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