Tongoto Surname

4,206,983rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 22 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Solomon Islands

Tongoto Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tongoto Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe161:964,89061,721
Uganda31:13,013,093160,157
Solomon Islands21:290,01419,875
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543

Tongoto Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Tongoto Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Tongoto is held by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Tongoto? popularity and diffusion

The surname Tongoto is the 4,206,983rd most widespread last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 331,252,087 people. The surname Tongoto is mostly found in Africa, where 91 percent of Tongoto live; 73 percent live in Southern Africa and 73 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The last name Tongoto is most frequently occurring in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 16 people, or 1 in 964,890. In Zimbabwe Tongoto is most numerous in: Manicaland Province, where 81 percent reside, Mashonaland Central Province, where 6 percent reside and Mashonaland East Province, where 6 percent reside. Outside of Zimbabwe this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 14 percent reside and The Solomon Islands, where 9 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Togoto92275/
Togouto861/
Tongota861/
Tangoto861/
Thogoto861/
Toungoutou826/
Tognotto801/
Tonato774,941/
Tanoto772,176/
Tagoto77164/
Togato7726/
Tonota7721/
Togota771/
Thongotta75393/
Tounoutou752/
Toungatou751/
Thongotha751/
Tognato71806/
Tonatto71608/
Thonngotat71174/
Tonhato71172/
Tonatos7194/
Tannoto7161/
Taghoto7110/
Tanotou719/
Tongata712/
Tasgoto711/
Tonguta711/
Tungota711/
Tonouta711/
Tonatoh711/
Tounatou6717/
Tonhatto6714/
Tognatto6712/
Thonotha673/

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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 Tongoto
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