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 last name Tongil is borne by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Tongil? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,765,740th most widely held family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 67,477,277 people. It is predominantly found in Oceania, where 98 percent of Tongil are found; 98 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 98 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 811,108th most frequent first name worldwide, borne by 131 people.
Tongil is most prevalent in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 106 people, or 1 in 76,922. In Papua New Guinea Tongil is primarily concentrated in: Jiwaka, where 97 percent live, Chimbu, where 1 percent live and New Ireland, where 1 percent live. Without taking into account Papua New Guinea this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Malaysia, where 1 percent live and Nigeria, where 1 percent live.
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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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