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
The last name Tongbe is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tongbe? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 680,882nd most prevalent surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 16,676,306 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 89 percent of Tongbe are found; 84 percent are found in West Africa and 52 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 653,740th most common forename on earth, borne by 193 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 208 people, or 1 in 851,648. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Delta, where 85 percent reside, Edo, where 11 percent reside and Rivers, where 3 percent reside. Outside of Nigeria this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 46 percent reside and Cameroon, where 5 percent reside.
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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 Tongbe
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