Tontong Surname
Approximately 174 people bear this surname
Tontong Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 95 | 1:1,392,097 | 95,389 |
| Thailand | 50 | 1:1,412,767 | 195,138 |
| Philippines | 21 | 1:4,820,868 | 168,058 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Tontong (89) may also be a first name.
Tontong Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tontong Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tontong is more frequently found in Indonesia than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Tontong? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,300,225th most frequently held family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 41,882,448 people. The last name Tontong occurs predominantly in Asia, where 96 percent of Tontong are found; 96 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 66 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Tontong is also the 1,011,231st most commonly held first name globally It is held by 89 people.
The surname Tontong is most frequently held in Indonesia, where it is carried by 95 people, or 1 in 1,392,097. In Indonesia it is most common in: North Sulawesi, where 60 percent live, South Sulawesi, where 19 percent live and North Maluku, where 13 percent live. Excluding Indonesia Tontong exists in 6 countries. It is also common in Thailand, where 29 percent live and The Philippines, where 12 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
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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 Tontong
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