Tongolo Surname

383,038th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 929 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
DR Congo

Tongolo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tongolo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo7461:99,03411,142
Uganda1341:291,33820,450
Cameroon291:716,17551,453
Kenya81:5,772,48850,256
Guinea41:2,958,4542,022
Congo31:1,663,03227,638
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
Central African Republic11:4,515,3901,196
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989

Tongolo (41) may also be a first name.

Tongolo Last Name Facts

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

The surname Tongolo is found in The DR Congo more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Tongolo? popularity and diffusion

Tongolo is the 383,038th most widespread last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 7,844,506 people. The last name Tongolo occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Tongolo reside; 84 percent reside in Central Africa and 84 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Tongolo is also the 1,590,275th most prevalent first name throughout the world. It is borne by 41 people.

The surname Tongolo is most prevalent in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 746 people, or 1 in 99,034. Aside from The DR Congo Tongolo exists in 10 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 14 percent reside and Cameroon, where 3 percent reside.

Tongolo Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Tongolo last name is predominantly 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 Tongolo
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