Tongar Surname
Approximately 403 people bear this surname
Tongar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 181 | 1:24,357 | 2,395 |
| India | 112 | 1:6,848,798 | 152,966 |
| Turkey | 57 | 1:1,365,288 | 55,259 |
| Pakistan | 17 | 1:10,508,464 | 49,949 |
| Papua New Guinea | 13 | 1:627,209 | 74,307 |
| Malaysia | 7 | 1:4,213,461 | 150,293 |
| Northern Cyprus | 7 | 1:45,573 | 7,927 |
| Bulgaria | 3 | 1:2,326,302 | 54,089 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
Tongar (139) may also be a first name.
Tongar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tongar Come From? nationality or country of origin
Tongar (Hindi: तोंगर, Marathi: गर) occurs in Liberia more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Tongar? popularity and diffusion
It is the 722,496th most commonly occurring family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 18,083,240 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 45 percent of Tongar live; 45 percent live in West Africa and 45 percent live in Anglo-West Africa. It is also the 784,558th most frequent given name at a global level. It is borne by 139 people.
This last name is most commonly used in Liberia, where it is held by 181 people, or 1 in 24,357. In Liberia it is most frequent in: Nimba County, where 73 percent live, Montserrado County, where 17 percent live and Grand Cape Mount County, where 3 percent live. Barring Liberia this surname is found in 13 countries. It is also common in India, where 28 percent live and Turkey, where 14 percent live.
Tongar Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Tongar has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Tongar last name contracted 75 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Tongar Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tongar in the Hindi language | ||
| तोंगर | tongara | 72.73 |
| तॉंगर | tongara | 9.09 |
| तौगड़ | taugara | 4.55 |
| टोंगर | tongara | 4.55 |
| तौगंर | tauganra | 4.55 |
| तोंगड | tongada | 4.55 |
| Tongar in the Marathi language | ||
| गर | gara | 57.14 |
| गार | gara | 42.86 |
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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 Tongar
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