Tongoga Surname

919,444th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 288 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Niger
Highest density in:
Niger

Tongoga Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tongoga Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Niger2461:78,0163,414
Burkina Faso361:509,7817,011
Benin51:2,067,12068,069
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406

Tongoga (834) may also be a first name.

Tongoga Last Name Facts

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

Tongoga is borne by more people in Niger than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tongoga? popularity and diffusion

The last name Tongoga is the 919,444th most widely held last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 25,303,979 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Tongoga reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 85 percent reside in Chadic Africa. It is also the 282,756th most common first name globally It is held by 834 people.

This last name is most frequently used in Niger, where it is borne by 246 people, or 1 in 78,016. In Niger Tongoga is most numerous in: Tillabéri Region, where 93 percent are found, Dosso Region, where 4 percent are found and Niamey Capital District, where 3 percent are found. Besides Niger this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Burkina Faso, where 13 percent are found and Benin, where 2 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 Tongoga
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