Tongwa Surname
Approximately 821 people bear this surname
Tongwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 606 | 1:34,272 | 4,614 |
| Zimbabwe | 67 | 1:230,421 | 25,509 |
| DR Congo | 62 | 1:1,191,606 | 73,277 |
| Kenya | 52 | 1:888,075 | 32,885 |
| Zambia | 8 | 1:1,981,240 | 32,669 |
| India | 7 | 1:109,580,769 | 786,157 |
| United States | 7 | 1:51,779,848 | 968,877 |
| United Arab Emirates | 6 | 1:1,527,046 | 51,993 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Tongwa (85) may also be a first name.
Tongwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tongwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tongwa occurs most in Cameroon. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tongwa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Tongwa is the 422,155th most commonly occurring family name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 8,876,426 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Tongwa live; 81 percent live in Central Africa and 81 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Tongwa is also the 1,039,322nd most commonly held first name world-wide It is held by 85 people.
This last name is most numerous in Cameroon, where it is borne by 606 people, or 1 in 34,272. In Cameroon it is most numerous in: Southwest Region, where 85 percent reside, Littoral Region, where 7 percent reside and Centre Region, where 4 percent reside. Without taking into account Cameroon Tongwa exists in 11 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 8 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 8 percent reside.
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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 Tongwa
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