Ogonyo Surname
Approximately 1,787 people bear this surname
Ogonyo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 1,751 | 1:26,373 | 2,961 |
| Uganda | 23 | 1:1,697,360 | 58,907 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Ogonyo (199) may also be a first name.
Ogonyo Demographics
Ogonyo Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Ogonyo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ogonyo Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ogonyo is borne by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Ogonyo click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ogonyo? popularity and diffusion
The last name Ogonyo is the 227,044th most widespread surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 4,078,089 people. The surname Ogonyo is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ogonyo reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 53 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Ogonyo is also the 642,605th most frequently used given name on earth It is held by 199 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Kenya, where it is held by 1,751 people, or 1 in 26,373. In Kenya Ogonyo is most numerous in: Nyamira County, where 28 percent are found, Kisumu County, where 23 percent are found and Kisii County, where 15 percent are found. Outside of Kenya it is found in 7 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 1 percent are found and Tanzania, where 0 percent are found.
Ogonyo Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Ogonyo 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 Ogonyo
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