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) is more commonly found in Liberia than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tongar? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 722,496th most numerous family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 18,083,240 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 45 percent of Tongar reside; 45 percent reside in West Africa and 45 percent reside in Anglo-West Africa. Tongar is also the 784,558th most widely held given name throughout the world, held by 139 people.
The last name is most frequently used in Liberia, where it is borne by 181 people, or 1 in 24,357. In Liberia it is primarily concentrated in: Nimba County, where 73 percent live, Montserrado County, where 17 percent live and Grand Cape Mount County, where 3 percent live. Other than Liberia this surname is found in 13 countries. It is also found in India, where 28 percent live and Turkey, where 14 percent live.
Tongar Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Tongar has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname fell 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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