Waongo Surname
Approximately 9,340 people bear this surname
Waongo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 9,304 | 1:1,972 | 285 |
| Ivory Coast | 26 | 1:887,355 | 22,826 |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
Waongo (1,827) may also be a first name.
Waongo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Waongo Come From? nationality or country of origin
Waongo is found in Burkina Faso more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Waongo? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 54,471st most frequent family name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 780,251 people. The surname Waongo occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Waongo live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 86 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Waongo is also the 178,524th most frequent first name in the world, held by 1,827 people.
This surname is most common in Burkina Faso, where it is borne by 9,304 people, or 1 in 1,972. In Burkina Faso Waongo is most frequent in: Centre-Est Region, where 78 percent live, Centre Region, where 10 percent live and Est Region, where 7 percent live. Other than Burkina Faso it is found in 4 countries. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 0 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wayongo | 92 | 61 | / |
| Wahongo | 92 | 29 | / |
| Waongoh | 92 | 1 | / |
| Waongho | 92 | 1 | / |
| Wayong'o | 86 | 184 | / |
| Wahong'o | 86 | 9 | / |
| Wayongho | 86 | 7 | / |
| Wayon'go | 86 | 2 | / |
| Wahon'go | 86 | 1 | / |
| Wayiongo | 86 | 1 | / |
| Woango | 83 | 131 | / |
| Baongo | 83 | 71 | / |
| Vaongo | 83 | 32 | / |
| Waonga | 83 | 6 | / |
| Uaongo | 83 | 3 | / |
| Waomgo | 83 | 1 | / |
| Wouango | 77 | 57 | / |
| Wayonga | 77 | 30 | / |
| Woyongo | 77 | 19 | / |
| Wahonga | 77 | 3 | / |
| Baoungo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Wauango | 77 | 1 | / |
| Bahoungo | 71 | 53 | / |
| Wouangou | 71 | 11 | / |
| Vaayongo | 71 | 6 | / |
| Wohoungo | 71 | 3 | / |
| Baiyongo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Wouongoo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Uaayongo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Baonga | 67 | 674 | / |
| Boango | 67 | 146 | / |
| Bahoungoï | 67 | 16 | / |
| Uhaayongo | 67 | 7 | / |
| Bahoungou | 67 | 2 | / |
| Woanga | 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
- 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 Waongo
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