Wongoum Surname
Approximately 27 people bear this surname
Wongoum Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 26 | 1:798,810 | 55,510 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
Wongoum Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wongoum Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wongoum is held by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wongoum? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,798,600th most common last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 269,909,108 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Wongoum reside; 96 percent reside in Central Africa and 96 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Cameroon, where it is borne by 26 people, or 1 in 798,810. In Cameroon Wongoum is most numerous in: Centre Region, where 92 percent reside. Barring Cameroon this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in Belgium, where 4 percent reside.
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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 Wongoum
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