Pongen Surname
Approximately 656 people bear this surname
Pongen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 618 | 1:1,241,206 | 49,394 |
| Qatar | 16 | 1:147,375 | 16,023 |
| Papua New Guinea | 7 | 1:1,164,817 | 109,517 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
Pongen (16) may also be a first name.
Pongen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pongen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Pongen has its highest incidence in India. It can occur as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pongen? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 501,369th most prevalent family name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 11,109,064 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 97 percent of Pongen live; 94 percent live in South Asia and 94 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Pongen is also the 2,786,762nd most numerous first name world-wide, borne by 16 people.
Pongen is most commonly occurring in India, where it is borne by 618 people, or 1 in 1,241,206. In India it is primarily concentrated in: Nagaland, where 89 percent are found, Delhi, where 1 percent are found and Meghalaya, where 1 percent are found. Apart from India this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in Qatar, where 2 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Pongen
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