Tongor Surname
Approximately 527 people bear this surname
Tongor Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 399 | 1:11,049 | 1,205 |
| Papua New Guinea | 80 | 1:101,921 | 13,735 |
| Cameroon | 16 | 1:1,298,067 | 76,941 |
| United States | 11 | 1:32,950,812 | 797,015 |
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 1:2,825,289 | 17,010 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
Tongor (477) may also be a first name.
Tongor Demographics
Tongor Political Affiliation
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Tongor Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tongor Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Tongor (Marathi: गोर) is carried by more people in Liberia than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Tongor? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 591,720th most common surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 13,828,360 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 81 percent of Tongor reside; 80 percent reside in West Africa and 76 percent reside in Anglo-West Africa. It is also the 389,495th most prevalent given name throughout the world, borne by 477 people.
The surname is most widely held in Liberia, where it is carried by 399 people, or 1 in 11,049. In Liberia Tongor is mostly concentrated in: Nimba County, where 81 percent live, Montserrado County, where 8 percent live and Margibi County, where 5 percent live. Without taking into account Liberia Tongor occurs in 11 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 15 percent live and Cameroon, where 3 percent live.
Tongor Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Tongor has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname increased 367 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Tongor Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Tongor last name are 6.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 60% registered with the political party.
Tongor earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 11.41% less than the national average, earning $38,225 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Tongor Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tongor in the Marathi language | ||
| गोर | gora | - |
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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 Tongor
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