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
The surname Tongak (Russian: Тонгак) is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tongak? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,849,867th most common surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 72,875,459 people. The surname Tongak is predominantly found in Africa, where 65 percent of Tongak reside; 65 percent reside in West Africa and 65 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 859,937th most commonly occurring first name throughout the world It is held by 118 people.
The surname Tongak is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is held by 65 people, or 1 in 2,725,273. In Nigeria Tongak is most common in: Plateau, where 95 percent are found, Federal Capital Territory, where 2 percent are found and Kaduna, where 2 percent are found. Without taking into account Nigeria it occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 13 percent are found and Russia, where 13 percent are found.
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
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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 Tongak
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