Ong'ong'a Surname
Approximately 375 people bear this surname
Ong'ong'a Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 372 | 1:124,140 | 10,325 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Ong'ong'a (96) may also be a first name.
Ong'ong'a Demographics
Ong'ong'a Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Ong'ong'a Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ong'ong'a Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ong'ong'a is most common in Kenya. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ong'ong'a? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 761,666th most numerous family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 19,433,456 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Ong'ong'a live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 78 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 968,397th most widespread first name worldwide. It is borne by 96 people.
The last name is most frequently held in Kenya, where it is held by 372 people, or 1 in 124,140. In Kenya Ong'ong'a is mostly found in: Kakamega County, where 53 percent live, Nairobi County, where 22 percent live and Vihiga County, where 15 percent live. Aside from Kenya Ong'ong'a exists in 2 countries. It is also common in The Netherlands, where 1 percent live and Tanzania, where 0 percent live.
Ong'ong'a Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the last name is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ongong'a | 94 | 632 | / |
| Ong'onga | 94 | 3 | / |
| Ong'ong'o | 89 | 69 | / |
| Ong'ong'i | 89 | 12 | / |
| Ang'ong'a | 89 | 5 | / |
| Ong'ong'e | 89 | 5 | / |
| Eng'ong'a | 89 | 1 | / |
| Ongonga | 88 | 1,209 | / |
| Ogong'a | 88 | 1 | / |
| Gong'ong'o | 84 | 4 | / |
| Ongon'ga | 82 | 18 | / |
| Ongounga | 82 | 8 | / |
| Ong'ongo | 82 | 8 | / |
| Ong'onge | 82 | 7 | / |
| Angong'a | 82 | 3 | / |
| Ongang'a | 82 | 2 | / |
| Ong'ongi | 82 | 1 | / |
| Gongonga | 82 | 1 | / |
| Ongoga | 80 | 25 | / |
| Gonggonga | 78 | 51 | / |
| Eng'ong'o | 78 | 2 | / |
| Ango'ng'a | 78 | 1 | / |
| Onganga | 75 | 922 | / |
| Ongonge | 75 | 236 | / |
| Ongongo | 75 | 133 | / |
| Ongongi | 75 | 47 | / |
| Gongoga | 75 | 1 | / |
| Agong'a | 75 | 1 | / |
| Goungounga | 74 | 1,152 | / |
| Ogoga | 71 | 272 | / |
| Angounga | 71 | 105 | / |
| Gongongo | 71 | 5 | / |
| Ongoongo | 71 | 4 | / |
| Ungounga | 71 | 4 | / |
| Honganga | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ango'nga | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ongon'go | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ongo'ngo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Hongongo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ongaga | 67 | 3,667 | / |
| Angoga | 67 | 249 | / |
| Ongogo | 67 | 113 | / |
| Oigoga | 67 | 50 | / |
| Goungouga | 67 | 25 | / |
| Ongoungou | 67 | 11 | / |
| Oghoga | 67 | 7 | / |
| Ogooga | 67 | 3 | / |
| Gogoga | 67 | 3 | / |
| On'gon'go | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ogogoa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ogogau | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ogogah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gongongou | 67 | 1 | / |
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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
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- 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'ong'a
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