Tongak Surname
Approximately 100 people bear this surname
Tongak Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 65 | 1:2,725,273 | 87,396 |
| Canada | 13 | 1:2,834,276 | 161,175 |
| Russia | 13 | 1:11,086,389 | 347,183 |
| Indonesia | 5 | 1:26,449,839 | 597,308 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Tongak (118) may also be a first name.
Tongak Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tongak Come From? nationality or country of origin
Tongak (Russian: Тонгак) occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Tongak.
How Common Is The Last Name Tongak? popularity and diffusion
Tongak is the 1,849,867th most frequently used surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 72,875,459 people. The surname Tongak is mostly found in Africa, where 65 percent of Tongak live; 65 percent live in West Africa and 65 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 859,937th most frequently held forename in the world, borne by 118 people.
Tongak is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is held by 65 people, or 1 in 2,725,273. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Plateau, where 95 percent reside, Federal Capital Territory, where 2 percent reside and Kaduna, where 2 percent reside. Barring Nigeria this last name exists in 6 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 13 percent reside and Russia, where 13 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Tongak Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tongak in the Russian language | ||
| Тонгак | tongak | - |
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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 Tongak
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