Tongane Surname
Approximately 19 people bear this surname
Tongane Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 8 | 1:1,929,780 | 92,581 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
Tongane (20) may also be a first name.
Tongane Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tongane Come From? nationality or country of origin
Tongane (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺗﻮﻧﻜﺎﻥ) is more frequently found in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tongane? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 4,532,898th most prevalent last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 383,555,048 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 79 percent of Tongane reside; 63 percent reside in Southern Africa and 58 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,446,817th most prevalent forename globally. It is borne by 20 people.
This surname is most widely held in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 8 people, or 1 in 1,929,780. In Zimbabwe it is mostly concentrated in: Manicaland Province, where 88 percent live and Harare Province, where 13 percent live. Barring Zimbabwe this last name is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 21 percent live and South Africa, where 16 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Tongane Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tongane in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺗﻮﻧﻜﺎﻥ | twnkan | 50 |
| ﺗﻨﻜﺎﻥ | tnkan | 50 |
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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 Tongane
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