Ong'ayo Surname
Approximately 1,907 people bear this surname
Ong'ayo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 1,790 | 1:25,799 | 2,887 |
| Tanzania | 114 | 1:464,400 | 32,092 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Ong'ayo (127) may also be a first name.
Ong'ayo Demographics
Ong'ayo Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Ong'ayo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ong'ayo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ong'ayo is most common in Kenya. It may also be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ong'ayo? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 215,441st most frequent family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 3,821,471 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ong'ayo live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 60 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 825,494th most frequently held first name at a global level It is held by 127 people.
It is most commonly held in Kenya, where it is carried by 1,790 people, or 1 in 25,799. In Kenya Ong'ayo is most frequent in: Kakamega County, where 40 percent live, Vihiga County, where 18 percent live and Kisii County, where 14 percent live. Besides Kenya this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 6 percent live and England, where 0 percent live.
Ong'ayo Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is primarily 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 Ong'ayo
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