Tonjing Surname

2,909,720th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 45 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Tonjing Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tonjing Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria421:4,217,685117,088
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
India11:767,065,3821,851,717

Tonjing (18) may also be a first name.

Tonjing Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Tonjing Come From? nationality or country of origin

Tonjing (Hindi: तोंजिंग) is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Tonjing? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 2,909,720th most prevalent last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 161,945,465 people. Tonjing is primarily found in Africa, where 93 percent of Tonjing reside; 93 percent reside in West Africa and 93 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,608,198th most commonly used first name world-wide. It is borne by 18 people.

The last name is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is held by 42 people, or 1 in 4,217,685. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Plateau, where 100 percent live. Excluding Nigeria it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 4 percent live and India, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Tonjing Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Tonjing in the Hindi language
तोंजिंगtonjinga-

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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 Tonjing
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