Tongwo Surname
Approximately 39 people bear this surname
Tongwo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 37 | 1:561,326 | 43,620 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Tongwo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tongwo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Tongwo occurs in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tongwo? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,141,416th most widely held surname on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 186,860,152 people. The last name Tongwo is predominantly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Tongwo reside; 95 percent reside in Central Africa and 95 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.
The surname is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is carried by 37 people, or 1 in 561,326. In Cameroon Tongwo is most prevalent in: Southwest Region, where 95 percent are found, Centre Region, where 3 percent are found and Littoral Region, where 3 percent are found. Besides Cameroon Tongwo exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 3 percent are found and Nigeria, where 3 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tongkwou | 86 | 1 | / |
| Tongwa | 83 | 821 | / |
| Tangwo | 83 | 198 | / |
| Tongbo | 83 | 164 | / |
| Tonguo | 83 | 12 | / |
| Tonkwo | 83 | 2 | / |
| Thongkwoa | 80 | 9 | / |
| Tongwah | 77 | 320 | / |
| Toungbo | 77 | 283 | / |
| Tongwat | 77 | 34 | / |
| Thongwa | 77 | 16 | / |
| Tong'wa | 77 | 4 | / |
| Tongwaa | 77 | 3 | / |
| Tangwoh | 77 | 3 | / |
| Tongkwa | 77 | 3 | / |
| Tongguo | 77 | 3 | / |
| Tangwou | 77 | 2 | / |
| Tongboy | 77 | 2 | / |
| Tonguoy | 77 | 1 | / |
| Tonguou | 77 | 1 | / |
| Toungwa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Thungwo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Tongboi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Thonkwo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Tongbou | 77 | 1 | / |
| Tongwad | 77 | 1 | / |
| Tongboh | 77 | 1 | / |
| Tonghwa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Tongwau | 77 | 1 | / |
| Thongwas | 71 | 20 | / |
| Thongkwa | 71 | 10 | / |
| Thongboo | 71 | 8 | / |
| Thongboh | 71 | 6 | / |
| Thongwah | 71 | 5 | / |
| Thongbou | 71 | 3 | / |
| Thongboi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Thong'bo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Tongkwap | 71 | 1 | / |
| Thongwad | 71 | 1 | / |
| Tongouha | 71 | 1 | / |
| Tangwa | 67 | 3,004 | / |
| Tongba | 67 | 1,221 | / |
| Tungwa | 67 | 881 | / |
| Tangbo | 67 | 429 | / |
| Tanguo | 67 | 40 | / |
| Tankwo | 67 | 36 | / |
| Tonkwa | 67 | 24 | / |
| Thongwatt | 67 | 11 | / |
| Tongua | 67 | 10 | / |
| Tungbo | 67 | 8 | / |
| Tamgwo | 67 | 3 | / |
| Tunguo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Thongbhoo | 67 | 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
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- 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 Tongwo
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