Tongku Surname
Approximately 131 people bear this surname
Tongku Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 117 | 1:1,130,335 | 81,024 |
| Malaysia | 12 | 1:2,457,852 | 95,442 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Tongku (1,352) may also be a first name.
Tongku Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tongku Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tongku (Bengali: টংকু) occurs more in Indonesia more than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Tongku? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,565,797th most prevalent surname globally It is held by around 1 in 55,630,121 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 98 percent of Tongku reside; 98 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 98 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 213,346th most frequently held first name at a global level It is held by 1,352 people.
The surname Tongku is most commonly used in Indonesia, where it is held by 117 people, or 1 in 1,130,335. In Indonesia it is most frequent in: Central Sulawesi, where 77 percent reside, North Sumatra, where 8 percent reside and North Sulawesi, where 5 percent reside. Besides Indonesia this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Malaysia, where 9 percent reside and Russia, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Tongku Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tongku in the Bengali language | ||
| টংকু | tanku | - |
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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 Tongku
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