Tongoona Surname
Approximately 997 people bear this surname
Tongoona Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 861 | 1:17,931 | 2,643 |
| Malawi | 105 | 1:163,039 | 16,499 |
| South Africa | 15 | 1:3,611,847 | 123,156 |
| England | 9 | 1:6,190,895 | 170,599 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
Tongoona (531) may also be a first name.
Tongoona Demographics
Average Tongoona Salary in
South Africa
R 103,860
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Tongoona Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tongoona Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tongoona is carried by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tongoona? popularity and diffusion
The last name Tongoona is the 362,542nd most widespread last name globally, held by around 1 in 7,309,474 people. Tongoona occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Tongoona reside; 98 percent reside in Southern Africa and 98 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 366,022nd most commonly occurring forename internationally, held by 531 people.
Tongoona is most commonly used in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 861 people, or 1 in 17,931. In Zimbabwe it is primarily found in: Harare Province, where 31 percent reside, Masvingo Province, where 25 percent reside and Manicaland Province, where 17 percent reside. Aside from Zimbabwe this last name exists in 6 countries. It is also found in Malawi, where 11 percent reside and South Africa, where 2 percent reside.
Tongoona Last Name Statistics demography
Tongoona earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 56.29% less than the national average, earning R 103,860 per year.
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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 Tongoona
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