Tongkam Surname

562,135th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 564 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Thailand
Highest density in:
Thailand

Tongkam Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tongkam Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Thailand5081:139,05221,646
Nigeria521:3,406,592101,701
Cameroon31:6,923,023143,724
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Tongkam (131) may also be a first name.

Tongkam Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Tongkam Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Tongkam is most common in Thailand. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Tongkam click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tongkam? popularity and diffusion

It is the 562,135th most common last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 12,921,181 people. The last name Tongkam is predominantly found in Asia, where 90 percent of Tongkam reside; 90 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 90 percent reside in Tai-Asia. It is also the 811,108th most frequently used first name world-wide. It is borne by 131 people.

This last name is most numerous in Thailand, where it is borne by 508 people, or 1 in 139,052. In Thailand Tongkam is mostly found in: Chiang Mai Province, where 12 percent reside, Songkhla Province, where 12 percent reside and Phayao Province, where 9 percent reside. Not including Thailand this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 9 percent reside and Cameroon, 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
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  • 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 Tongkam
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