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 is carried by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as: Okong'ó. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Okong'o? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 90,134th most frequently used surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 1,370,097 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Okong'o reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 58 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Okong'o is also the 263,138th most commonly held given name at a global level. It is borne by 943 people.
The surname is most prevalent in Kenya, where it is held by 4,882 people, or 1 in 9,459. In Kenya it is mostly found in: Kisii County, where 17 percent are found, Nairobi County, where 15 percent are found and Siaya County, where 12 percent are found. Without taking into account Kenya it is found in 8 countries. It is also common 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 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 Okong'o
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