Zongoma Surname

1,403,590th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 155 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Niger

Zongoma Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Zongoma Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1251:1,417,14254,922
Niger291:661,79416,082
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Zongoma (55) may also be a first name.

Zongoma Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Zongoma Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Zongoma is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Zongoma? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,403,590th most frequently held family name internationally, held by around 1 in 47,016,425 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Zongoma reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 81 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Zongoma is also the 1,336,256th most numerous first name internationally. It is borne by 55 people.

This last name is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 125 people, or 1 in 1,417,142. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Gombe, where 70 percent reside, Yobe, where 18 percent reside and Borno, where 12 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 19 percent reside and Uganda, where 1 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
  • 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 Zongoma
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