Tongom Surname
Approximately 40 people bear this surname
Tongom Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 22 | 1:370,624 | 48,900 |
| Thailand | 11 | 1:6,421,668 | 407,040 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Tongom (25) may also be a first name.
Tongom Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tongom Come From? nationality or country of origin
Tongom is borne by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Tongom? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 3,100,440th most frequent last name on earth, held by around 1 in 182,188,648 people. The surname is mostly found in Oceania, where 55 percent of Tongom reside; 55 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 55 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 2,136,160th most frequently held first name at a global level It is held by 25 people.
The surname Tongom is most widely held in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 22 people, or 1 in 370,624. In Papua New Guinea it is most prevalent in: Southern Highlands, where 91 percent live, National Capital District, where 5 percent live and West New Britain, where 5 percent live. Not including Papua New Guinea Tongom exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Thailand, where 28 percent live and India, where 8 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 Tongom
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