Gidongo Surname
Approximately 2,894 people bear this surname
Gidongo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 2,884 | 1:13,537 | 2,173 |
| South Africa | 6 | 1:9,029,617 | 189,736 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
Gidongo Demographics
Gidongo Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Gidongo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gidongo Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gidongo is more frequently found in Uganda than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Gidongo click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gidongo? popularity and diffusion
It is the 152,127th most frequently occurring last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 2,518,157 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Gidongo are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 66 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
The surname Gidongo is most prevalent in Uganda, where it is borne by 2,884 people, or 1 in 13,537. In Uganda it is mostly found in: Mbale District, where 33 percent reside, Bulambuli District, where 32 percent reside and Sironko District, where 22 percent reside. Excluding Uganda this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 0 percent reside and England, where 0 percent reside.
Gidongo Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the surname is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Gidongo
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