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
The last name Tongai (Hindi: टोङई) is found most in Papua New Guinea. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Tongai.
How Common Is The Last Name Tongai? popularity and diffusion
Tongai is the 497,277th most frequently held family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 10,991,774 people. It occurs mostly 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 first name world-wide, borne by 6,705 people.
The surname Tongai is most commonly used in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 338 people, or 1 in 24,123. In Papua New Guinea Tongai is most frequent in: Jiwaka, where 51 percent reside, Chimbu, where 41 percent reside and Southern Highlands, where 3 percent reside. Excluding Papua New Guinea this last name occurs in 14 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 37 percent reside and Cameroon, where 6 percent reside.
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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