Ogongi Surname
Approximately 121 people bear this surname
Ogongi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 95 | 1:486,104 | 25,105 |
| Uganda | 21 | 1:1,859,013 | 62,128 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Ogongi (51) may also be a first name.
Ogongi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ogongi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ogongi is more commonly found in Kenya than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ogongi? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,649,806th most common surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 60,227,652 people. Ogongi occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Ogongi live; 97 percent live in East Africa and 92 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 1,396,783rd most numerous first name on earth, borne by 51 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Kenya, where it is held by 95 people, or 1 in 486,104. In Kenya Ogongi is mostly concentrated in: Homa Bay County, where 54 percent live, Kisii County, where 36 percent live and Kisumu County, where 4 percent live. Apart from Kenya this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 17 percent live and The United States, where 3 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 Ogongi
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