Tongan Surname
Approximately 213 people bear this surname
Tongan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 155 | 1:653,150 | 68,425 |
| Papua New Guinea | 35 | 1:232,963 | 32,024 |
| Cameroon | 16 | 1:1,298,067 | 76,941 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2 | 1:12,187,685 | 173,419 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
Tongan (8,886) may also be a first name.
Tongan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tongan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Tongan occurs more in The Philippines more than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Tongan? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,133,308th most frequent surname throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 34,213,831 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 75 percent of Tongan live; 74 percent live in Southeast Asia and 63 percent live in Fil-Southeast Asia. Tongan is also the 66,289th most commonly occurring first name world-wide. It is borne by 8,886 people.
This last name is most frequently held in The Philippines, where it is borne by 155 people, or 1 in 653,150. In The Philippines it is most prevalent in: Davao Region, where 36 percent live, Soccsksargen, where 23 percent live and Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, where 14 percent live. Excluding The Philippines Tongan occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 16 percent live and Cameroon, where 8 percent live.
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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 Tongan
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