Tongbe Surname
Approximately 437 people bear this surname
Tongbe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 208 | 1:851,648 | 37,411 |
| Ivory Coast | 202 | 1:114,214 | 5,743 |
| Cameroon | 22 | 1:944,049 | 61,779 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
Tongbe (193) may also be a first name.
Tongbe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tongbe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Tongbe is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tongbe? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 680,882nd most frequently held last name internationally, held by around 1 in 16,676,306 people. The last name Tongbe occurs mostly in Africa, where 89 percent of Tongbe reside; 84 percent reside in West Africa and 52 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Tongbe is also the 653,740th most numerous first name in the world It is held by 193 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 208 people, or 1 in 851,648. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Delta, where 85 percent live, Edo, where 11 percent live and Rivers, where 3 percent live. Apart from Nigeria it occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 46 percent live and Cameroon, where 5 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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 Tongbe
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis