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 can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ogongi? popularity and diffusion
The last name Ogongi is the 1,649,806th most widespread surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 60,227,652 people. Ogongi occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Ogongi reside; 97 percent reside in East Africa and 92 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 1,396,783rd most commonly occurring first name internationally, borne by 51 people.
The surname is most widely held in Kenya, where it is carried by 95 people, or 1 in 486,104. In Kenya it is mostly concentrated in: Homa Bay County, where 54 percent reside, Kisii County, where 36 percent reside and Kisumu County, where 4 percent reside. Excluding Kenya this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 17 percent reside and The United States, where 3 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 Ogongi
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