Tongera Surname
Approximately 14 people bear this surname
Tongera Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 12 | 1:4,411,801 | 54,433 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Tongera Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tongera Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tongera is found most in Tanzania. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tongera? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 5,213,395th most common surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 520,538,994 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Tongera are found; 86 percent are found in East Africa and 86 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
This last name is most frequently held in Tanzania, where it is borne by 12 people, or 1 in 4,411,801. In Tanzania Tongera is most frequent in: Kagera Region, where 33 percent are found, Mara Region, where 33 percent are found and Dar es Salaam Region, where 8 percent are found. Aside from Tanzania Tongera is found in 2 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 7 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 7 percent are found.
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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 Tongera
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