Tongweta Surname
Approximately 187 people bear this surname
Tongweta Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 153 | 1:103,594 | 8,227 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
Tongweta Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tongweta Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Tongweta is borne by more people in Zambia than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tongweta? popularity and diffusion
Tongweta is the 1,239,697th most widely held last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 38,970,834 people. The surname Tongweta is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Tongweta are found; 82 percent are found in Southern Africa and 82 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
This surname is most widespread in Zambia, where it is carried by 153 people, or 1 in 103,594. In Zambia it is primarily concentrated in: North-Western Province, where 88 percent live, Copperbelt Province, where 10 percent live and Central Province, where 1 percent live. Beside Zambia this last name is found in one country. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 18 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tangweta | 88 | 1 | / |
| Tongwatta | 82 | 1 | / |
| Thungwesta | 78 | 50 | / |
| Thongwatta | 78 | 2 | / |
| Tungwete | 75 | 6 | / |
| Tangueta | 75 | 2 | / |
| Tangwata | 75 | 1 | / |
| Thongwattha | 74 | 1 | / |
| Tangoueta | 71 | 18 | / |
| Tonguette | 71 | 15 | / |
| Tongwitee | 71 | 3 | / |
| Thongwittaya | 70 | 1 | / |
| Thongwithi | 67 | 49 | / |
| Thongwitee | 67 | 40 | / |
| Tongbiti | 63 | 4 | / |
| Thongwithit | 63 | 2 | / |
| Tanguete | 63 | 1 | / |
| Tunguita | 63 | 1 | / |
| Tanqueta | 63 | 1 | / |
| Tongvitee | 59 | 1 | / |
| Thongbaito | 56 | 7 | / |
| Thongvitee | 56 | 2 | / |
| Thongvitit | 56 | 1 | / |
| Thongvithee | 53 | 1 | / |
| Tankuete | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Tongweta
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