Tongai Surname
Approximately 663 people bear this surname
Tongai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 338 | 1:24,123 | 2,650 |
| Zimbabwe | 248 | 1:62,251 | 9,387 |
| Cameroon | 37 | 1:561,326 | 43,620 |
| Zambia | 17 | 1:932,348 | 29,315 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| Mozambique | 4 | 1:6,815,392 | 4,272 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Liberia | 3 | 1:1,469,512 | 38,766 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
Tongai (6,705) may also be a first name.
Tongai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tongai Come From? nationality or country of origin
Tongai (Hindi: टोङई) is held by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Tongai.
How Common Is The Last Name Tongai? popularity and diffusion
It is the 497,277th most widespread last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 10,991,774 people. The last name is mostly found in Oceania, where 51 percent of Tongai live; 51 percent live in Oceania Islands and 51 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Tongai is also the 79,795th most commonly occurring forename at a global level, held by 6,705 people.
The surname is most widespread in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 338 people, or 1 in 24,123. In Papua New Guinea it is primarily concentrated in: Jiwaka, where 51 percent live, Chimbu, where 41 percent live and Southern Highlands, where 3 percent live. Excluding Papua New Guinea this surname occurs in 14 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 37 percent live and Cameroon, where 6 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Tongai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tongai in the Hindi language | ||
| टोङई | tona'i | - |
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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 Tongai
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