Tongs Surname
Approximately 607 people bear this surname
Tongs Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 207 | 1:855,762 | 37,544 |
| Australia | 160 | 1:168,723 | 17,330 |
| England | 127 | 1:438,725 | 29,288 |
| New Zealand | 59 | 1:76,751 | 11,256 |
| Canada | 17 | 1:2,167,388 | 133,872 |
| United States | 14 | 1:25,889,924 | 709,614 |
| Taiwan | 7 | 1:3,349,249 | 20,155 |
| South Africa | 5 | 1:10,835,541 | 204,227 |
| Guernsey | 4 | 1:16,110 | 1,225 |
| Scotland | 4 | 1:1,338,454 | 35,497 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 2 | 1:681,988 | 17,017 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 70 | 1:348,220 | 22,196 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
Tongs (116) may also be a first name.
Tongs Demographics
Average Tongs Salary in
England
£27,320
Per year
Average Salary in
England
£26,976
Per year
Tongs Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tongs Come From? nationality or country of origin
Tongs is most common in Nigeria. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tongs? popularity and diffusion
The surname Tongs is the 532,232nd most frequently held surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 12,005,842 people. This last name is mostly found in Oceania, where 36 percent of Tongs live; 36 percent live in Australasia and 36 percent live in Australia and New Zealand. It is also the 868,627th most widespread first name at a global level It is held by 116 people.
This surname is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 207 people, or 1 in 855,762. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Plateau, where 74 percent reside, Bauchi, where 10 percent reside and Kaduna, where 7 percent reside. Besides Nigeria Tongs occurs in 11 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 26 percent reside and England, where 21 percent reside.
Tongs Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Tongs has changed over time. In England the share of the population with the last name expanded 181 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it expanded 350 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Tongs Last Name Statistics demography
Tongs earn notably more than the average income. In Canada they earn 17.62% more than the national average, earning $58,436 CAD 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 Tongs
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