Tongne Surname
Approximately 17 people bear this surname
Tongne Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 16 | 1:1,298,067 | 76,941 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Tongne Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tongne Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Tongne is found in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tongne? popularity and diffusion
The last name Tongne is the 4,772,636th most widely held surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 428,679,172 people. The last name Tongne occurs predominantly in Africa, where 94 percent of Tongne reside; 88 percent reside in Central Africa and 88 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.
The last name is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is carried by 16 people, or 1 in 1,298,067. In Cameroon it is most prevalent in: Littoral Region, where 63 percent live, South Region, where 13 percent live and Centre Region, where 6 percent live. Aside from Cameroon this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 6 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 Tongne
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