Tongum Surname
Approximately 43 people bear this surname
Tongum Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thailand | 30 | 1:2,354,612 | 261,046 |
| India | 12 | 1:63,922,115 | 578,870 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Tongum (15) may also be a first name.
Tongum Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tongum Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tongum occurs more in Thailand more than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Tongum? popularity and diffusion
Tongum is the 2,979,664th most numerous surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 169,477,812 people. This last name is mostly found in Asia, where 98 percent of Tongum are found; 70 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 70 percent are found in Tai-Asia. It is also the 2,900,335th most common given name on earth It is held by 15 people.
This last name is most frequently used in Thailand, where it is borne by 30 people, or 1 in 2,354,612. In Thailand Tongum is mostly concentrated in: Surat Thani Province, where 60 percent are found, Chiang Mai Province, where 23 percent are found and Nonthaburi Province, where 13 percent are found. Barring Thailand it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in India, where 28 percent are found and Nigeria, where 2 percent are found.
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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 Tongum
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