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
Tongera has its highest incidence in Tanzania. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Tongera.
How Common Is The Last Name Tongera? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 5,213,395th most frequently occurring family name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 520,538,994 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Tongera live; 86 percent live in East Africa and 86 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
Tongera is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is held by 12 people, or 1 in 4,411,801. In Tanzania it is mostly concentrated in: Kagera Region, where 33 percent reside, Mara Region, where 33 percent reside and Dar es Salaam Region, where 8 percent reside. Excluding Tanzania this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 7 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 7 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 Tongera
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