Tongoba Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Tongoba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tongoba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea21:4,076,858165,791
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Niger11:19,192,017110,060

Tongoba Last Name Facts

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

Tongoba occurs most in Papua New Guinea. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Tongoba? popularity and diffusion

The surname Tongoba is the 8,968,613th most numerous last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 50 percent of Tongoba reside; 50 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 50 percent reside in Papuan Oceania.

The last name is most numerous in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 4,076,858. In Papua New Guinea it is mostly concentrated in: Hela, where 50 percent are found and National Capital District, where 50 percent are found. Beside Papua New Guinea Tongoba occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 25 percent are found and Niger, where 25 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
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  • 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 Tongoba
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