Tongara Surname
Approximately 79 people bear this surname
Tongara Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 59 | 1:391,038 | 13,490 |
| India | 9 | 1:85,229,487 | 684,495 |
| Papua New Guinea | 8 | 1:1,019,215 | 101,897 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Tongara (20) may also be a first name.
Tongara Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tongara Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tongara (Hindi: टोंगरा) occurs more in The Ivory Coast more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Tongara.
How Common Is The Last Name Tongara? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,121,169th most numerous last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 92,247,417 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 66 percent of Tongara live; 65 percent live in West Africa and 63 percent live in Mande Africa. Tongara is also the 2,446,817th most numerous first name on earth. It is borne by 20 people.
The last name Tongara is most frequently held in The Ivory Coast, where it is borne by 59 people, or 1 in 391,038. In The Ivory Coast Tongara is primarily concentrated in: Woroba District, where 85 percent reside, Abidjan Autonomous District, where 14 percent reside and Yamoussoukro Autonomous District, where 2 percent reside. Besides The Ivory Coast this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in India, where 11 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 10 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Tongara Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tongara in the Hindi language | ||
| टोंगरा | tongara | - |
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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 Tongara
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