Tongang Surname
Approximately 121 people bear this surname
Tongang Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 115 | 1:180,601 | 19,028 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Tongang (79) may also be a first name.
Tongang Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tongang Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tongang occurs in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tongang? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,649,806th most prevalent family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 60,227,652 people. Tongang is primarily found in Africa, where 95 percent of Tongang are found; 82 percent are found in Central Africa and 82 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,083,225th most commonly held forename worldwide, held by 79 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Cameroon, where it is held by 115 people, or 1 in 180,601. In Cameroon Tongang is mostly concentrated in: Centre Region, where 43 percent reside, Littoral Region, where 32 percent reside and North Region, where 14 percent reside. Apart from Cameroon this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also common in India, where 3 percent reside and Cambodia, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Tongang
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