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
The last name Tongane (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺗﻮﻧﻜﺎﻥ) is most common in Zimbabwe. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Tongane? popularity and diffusion
The last name Tongane is the 4,532,898th most numerous surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 383,555,048 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 79 percent of Tongane live; 63 percent live in Southern Africa and 58 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,446,817th most widely held given name world-wide, held by 20 people.
The last name Tongane is most widely held in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 8 people, or 1 in 1,929,780. In Zimbabwe it is primarily found in: Manicaland Province, where 88 percent reside and Harare Province, where 13 percent reside. Outside of Zimbabwe this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 21 percent reside and South Africa, where 16 percent reside.
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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