Tongil Surname
Approximately 108 people bear this surname
Tongil Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 106 | 1:76,922 | 10,108 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Tongil (131) may also be a first name.
Tongil Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tongil Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tongil occurs more in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Tongil.
How Common Is The Last Name Tongil? popularity and diffusion
The surname Tongil is the 1,765,740th most widely held last name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 67,477,277 people. This surname occurs mostly in Oceania, where 98 percent of Tongil live; 98 percent live in Oceania Islands and 98 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Tongil is also the 811,108th most numerous given name internationally It is held by 131 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 106 people, or 1 in 76,922. In Papua New Guinea it is primarily found in: Jiwaka, where 97 percent reside, Chimbu, where 1 percent reside and New Ireland, where 1 percent reside. Other than Papua New Guinea Tongil occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Malaysia, where 1 percent reside and Nigeria, where 1 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 Tongil
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