Tongoi Surname
Approximately 359 people bear this surname
Tongoi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 150 | 1:307,866 | 19,317 |
| Tanzania | 91 | 1:581,776 | 36,762 |
| Uganda | 69 | 1:565,787 | 30,812 |
| Malaysia | 16 | 1:1,843,389 | 74,511 |
| Cameroon | 13 | 1:1,597,621 | 87,539 |
| Papua New Guinea | 7 | 1:1,164,817 | 109,517 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
The alternate forms: Tongoï (1) are calculated separately.
Tongoi (18) may also be a first name.
Tongoi Demographics
Tongoi Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Tongoi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tongoi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Tongoi is carried by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant: Tongoï. For other possible spellings of Tongoi click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tongoi? popularity and diffusion
The last name Tongoi is the 786,896th most prevalent surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 20,299,571 people. Tongoi is primarily found in Africa, where 90 percent of Tongoi reside; 86 percent reside in East Africa and 51 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 2,608,198th most numerous first name throughout the world. It is borne by 18 people.
This surname is most frequently held in Kenya, where it is held by 150 people, or 1 in 307,866. In Kenya it is primarily concentrated in: Kericho County, where 50 percent live, Nandi County, where 37 percent live and Bomet County, where 3 percent live. Other than Kenya this last name exists in 10 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 25 percent live and Uganda, where 19 percent live.
Tongoi Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Tongoi
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