Tongkam Surname
Approximately 564 people bear this surname
Tongkam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thailand | 508 | 1:139,052 | 21,646 |
| Nigeria | 52 | 1:3,406,592 | 101,701 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
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 held by more people in Thailand than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tongkam? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 562,135th most widely held family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 12,921,181 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 90 percent of Tongkam are found; 90 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 90 percent are found in Tai-Asia. Tongkam is also the 811,108th most commonly held first name world-wide. It is borne by 131 people.
The last name is most frequently held in Thailand, where it is borne by 508 people, or 1 in 139,052. In Thailand it is most numerous in: Chiang Mai Province, where 12 percent are found, Songkhla Province, where 12 percent are found and Phayao Province, where 9 percent are found. Aside from Thailand this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 9 percent are found and Cameroon, 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 Tongkam
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