Tongush Surname
Approximately 26 people bear this surname
Tongush Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Russia | 25 | 1:5,764,922 | 242,644 |
| Turkmenistan | 1 | 1:5,489,112 | 11,427 |
Tongush Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tongush Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tongush (Russian: Тонгуш) is held by more people in Russia than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Tongush click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tongush? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,882,373rd most frequently used last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 280,290,228 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 92 percent of Tongush live; 92 percent live in Eastern Europe and 92 percent live in East Slavic Europe.
The last name is most commonly held in Russia, where it is held by 25 people, or 1 in 5,764,922. In Russia Tongush is primarily found in: Krasnodar Krai, where 96 percent live and Novosibirsk Oblast, where 4 percent live. Excluding Russia this last name is found in one country. It is also common in Turkmenistan, where 4 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Tongush Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tongush in the Russian language | ||
| Тонгуш | tongus | - |
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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 Tongush
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