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
Average Tongor Salary in
United States
$38,225 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Tongor Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tongor Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tongor (Marathi: गोर) is found most in Liberia. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tongor? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 591,720th most frequently used surname globally, borne by around 1 in 13,828,360 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 81 percent of Tongor live; 80 percent live in West Africa and 76 percent live in Anglo-West Africa. It is also the 389,495th most frequently held given name at a global level, borne by 477 people.
The last name is most common in Liberia, where it is carried by 399 people, or 1 in 11,049. In Liberia it is primarily concentrated in: Nimba County, where 81 percent live, Montserrado County, where 8 percent live and Margibi County, where 5 percent live. Aside from Liberia it exists in 11 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 15 percent live and Cameroon, where 3 percent live.
Tongor Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Tongor has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Tongor last name grew 367 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Tongor Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Tongor last name are 6.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national 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
- 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 Tongor
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