Tongesayi Surname
Approximately 113 people bear this surname
Tongesayi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 109 | 1:141,635 | 18,305 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Tongesayi (939) may also be a first name.
Tongesayi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tongesayi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Tongesayi is more commonly found in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tongesayi? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,718,748th most commonly occurring family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 64,491,557 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Tongesayi reside; 97 percent reside in Southern Africa and 97 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 263,758th most commonly held forename worldwide, borne by 939 people.
The surname Tongesayi is most common in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 109 people, or 1 in 141,635. In Zimbabwe Tongesayi is primarily found in: Harare Province, where 30 percent are found, Mashonaland East Province, where 28 percent are found and Manicaland Province, where 21 percent are found. Besides Zimbabwe this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 2 percent are found and England, where 1 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 Tongesayi
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