Okong'o Surname
Approximately 5,319 people bear this surname
Okong'o Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 4,882 | 1:9,459 | 1,213 |
| Tanzania | 427 | 1:123,985 | 11,715 |
| Lesotho | 2 | 1:1,016,279 | 21,693 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
The alternate forms: Okong'ó (1) are calculated separately.
Okong'o (943) may also be a first name.
Okong'o Demographics
Okong'o Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Okong'o Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okong'o Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Okong'o occurs more in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Okong'ó. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Okong'o? popularity and diffusion
The last name Okong'o is the 90,134th most frequently held family name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,370,097 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Okong'o are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 58 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 263,138th most commonly used first name in the world It is held by 943 people.
It is most commonly occurring in Kenya, where it is held by 4,882 people, or 1 in 9,459. In Kenya Okong'o is mostly concentrated in: Kisii County, where 17 percent are found, Nairobi County, where 15 percent are found and Siaya County, where 12 percent are found. Not including Kenya Okong'o exists in 8 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 8 percent are found and Lesotho, where 0 percent are found.
Okong'o Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying 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 Okong'o
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