Okongo Surname
Approximately 19,386 people bear this surname
Okongo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 8,494 | 1:4,596 | 838 |
| Kenya | 6,831 | 1:6,760 | 901 |
| DR Congo | 2,647 | 1:27,911 | 3,505 |
| Congo | 565 | 1:8,830 | 1,273 |
| Gabon | 505 | 1:3,741 | 657 |
| Nigeria | 207 | 1:855,762 | 37,544 |
| Cameroon | 40 | 1:519,227 | 41,500 |
| United States | 33 | 1:10,983,604 | 436,696 |
| United Arab Emirates | 9 | 1:1,018,030 | 36,884 |
| Ethiopia | 9 | 1:10,838,474 | 14,518 |
| Tanzania | 9 | 1:5,882,401 | 60,754 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Germany | 5 | 1:16,101,092 | 397,699 |
| South Sudan | 4 | 1:2,853,769 | 1,758 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Lesotho | 2 | 1:1,016,279 | 21,693 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
The alternate forms: Okongó (1) are calculated separately.
Okongo (2,108) may also be a first name.
Okongo Demographics
Okongo Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Okongo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okongo Come From? nationality or country of origin
Okongo has its highest incidence in Uganda. It may appear as: Okongó. Click here for further possible spellings of Okongo.
How Common Is The Last Name Okongo? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 27,742nd most commonly held family name globally, held by around 1 in 375,918 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Okongo live; 79 percent live in East Africa and 58 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 163,792nd most commonly occurring given name throughout the world It is held by 2,108 people.
The surname Okongo is most commonly occurring in Uganda, where it is carried by 8,494 people, or 1 in 4,596. In Uganda it is most numerous in: Tororo District, where 43 percent are found, Kitgum District, where 7 percent are found and Lamwo District, where 5 percent are found. Aside from Uganda Okongo exists in 30 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 35 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 14 percent are found.
Okongo Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Okongo last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States Okongo are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 100% being registered to vote for the political party.
Okongo earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 23.34% less than the national average, earning $33,076 USD per year.
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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 Okongo
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