Wongue Surname
Approximately 28 people bear this surname
Wongue Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 16 | 1:1,298,067 | 76,941 |
| Liberia | 7 | 1:629,791 | 27,063 |
| French Polynesia | 4 | 1:70,201 | 4,444 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Wongue (41) may also be a first name.
Wongue Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wongue Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wongue occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Wongue.
How Common Is The Last Name Wongue? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 3,730,171st most commonly used family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 260,269,497 people. The last name Wongue occurs predominantly in Africa, where 82 percent of Wongue are found; 46 percent are found in Central Africa and 43 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,590,275th most commonly used forename at a global level, held by 41 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Cameroon, where it is carried by 16 people, or 1 in 1,298,067. In Cameroon Wongue is most frequent in: West Region, where 63 percent live, Adamawa Region, where 13 percent live and Centre Region, where 6 percent live. Not including Cameroon it occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Liberia, where 25 percent live and French Polynesia, where 14 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
- 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 Wongue
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