Tongwe Surname
Approximately 797 people bear this surname
Tongwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 275 | 1:57,636 | 5,264 |
| Zimbabwe | 209 | 1:73,867 | 10,930 |
| Cameroon | 113 | 1:183,797 | 19,288 |
| DR Congo | 109 | 1:677,794 | 49,381 |
| Nigeria | 68 | 1:2,605,041 | 84,856 |
| Malawi | 9 | 1:1,902,123 | 19,532 |
| Tanzania | 8 | 1:6,617,702 | 68,742 |
| Lesotho | 3 | 1:677,519 | 19,546 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Tongwe (76) may also be a first name.
Tongwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tongwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Tongwe is carried by more people in Zambia than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Tongwe? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 431,914th most commonly held family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 9,143,721 people. Tongwe occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Tongwe live; 62 percent live in Southern Africa and 62 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,107,702nd most commonly held first name in the world, borne by 76 people.
This surname is most frequent in Zambia, where it is borne by 275 people, or 1 in 57,636. In Zambia it is primarily found in: North-Western Province, where 67 percent live, Western Province, where 22 percent live and Copperbelt Province, where 9 percent live. Apart from Zambia this last name exists in 10 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 26 percent live and Cameroon, where 14 percent live.
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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 Tongwe
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