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
Tongara (Hindi: टोंगरा) is most common in The Ivory Coast. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Tongara? popularity and diffusion
The last name Tongara is the 2,121,169th most frequently held last name worldwide, held by around 1 in 92,247,417 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 66 percent of Tongara are found; 65 percent are found in West Africa and 63 percent are found in Mande Africa. Tongara is also the 2,446,817th most commonly occurring given name internationally, held by 20 people.
The last name Tongara is most prevalent in The Ivory Coast, where it is carried by 59 people, or 1 in 391,038. In The Ivory Coast it is primarily found in: Woroba District, where 85 percent live, Abidjan Autonomous District, where 14 percent live and Yamoussoukro Autonomous District, where 2 percent live. Without taking into account The Ivory Coast this surname exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in India, where 11 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 10 percent live.
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
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- 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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