Wongo Surname
Approximately 2,126 people bear this surname
Wongo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 787 | 1:93,875 | 10,644 |
| Burkina Faso | 470 | 1:39,047 | 1,970 |
| Nigeria | 277 | 1:639,505 | 30,121 |
| Uganda | 139 | 1:280,858 | 20,004 |
| South Africa | 109 | 1:497,043 | 40,551 |
| Indonesia | 85 | 1:1,555,873 | 103,724 |
| Papua New Guinea | 56 | 1:145,602 | 20,089 |
| Ivory Coast | 52 | 1:443,678 | 14,663 |
| Cameroon | 34 | 1:610,855 | 46,287 |
| Liberia | 26 | 1:169,559 | 11,793 |
| Sierra Leone | 25 | 1:283,585 | 406 |
| United States | 15 | 1:24,163,929 | 685,360 |
| Benin | 14 | 1:738,257 | 40,906 |
| Niger | 9 | 1:2,132,446 | 40,124 |
| Angola | 9 | 1:2,998,802 | 4,903 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| Central African Republic | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,196 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Wongo (479) may also be a first name.
Wongo Demographics
Average Wongo Salary in
United States
$29,425 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Wongo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wongo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wongo is found most frequently in The DR Congo. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wongo? popularity and diffusion
Wongo is the 197,020th most frequently occurring family name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 3,427,820 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 91 percent of Wongo reside; 41 percent reside in West Africa and 39 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Wongo is also the 388,635th most commonly occurring forename worldwide. It is borne by 479 people.
This surname is most prevalent in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 787 people, or 1 in 93,875. Besides The DR Congo this last name occurs in 30 countries. It is also common in Burkina Faso, where 22 percent are found and Nigeria, where 13 percent are found.
Wongo Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Wongo has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Wongo last name rose 750 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Wongo Last Name Statistics demography
The amount Wongo earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 38.99% less than the national average, earning R 144,984 per year and in United States they earn 31.81% less than the national average, earning $29,425 USD per year.
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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 Wongo
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