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 is carried by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Tongwa.
How Common Is The Last Name Tongwa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 422,155th most frequently held surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 8,876,426 people. The last name Tongwa occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Tongwa reside; 81 percent reside in Central Africa and 81 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,039,322nd most frequently occurring first name world-wide, borne by 85 people.
The last name Tongwa is most commonly occurring in Cameroon, where it is held by 606 people, or 1 in 34,272. In Cameroon Tongwa is mostly concentrated in: Southwest Region, where 85 percent are found, Littoral Region, where 7 percent are found and Centre Region, where 4 percent are found. Apart from Cameroon it occurs in 11 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 8 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 8 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 Tongwa
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