Tongoo Surname
Approximately 5 people bear this surname
Tongoo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
Tongoo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tongoo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Tongoo is more frequently found in Kenya than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Tongoo? popularity and diffusion
The last name Tongoo is the 8,193,072nd most commonly occurring surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 60 percent of Tongoo reside; 40 percent reside in East Africa and 20 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
The surname Tongoo is most frequently occurring in Kenya, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 23,089,950. In Kenya Tongoo is most prevalent in: Mombasa County, where 50 percent reside and West Pokot County, where 50 percent reside. Outside of Kenya Tongoo is found in 3 countries. It is also common in India, where 20 percent reside and Nigeria, where 20 percent reside.
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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 Tongoo
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