Ongachi Surname
Approximately 3,362 people bear this surname
Ongachi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 3,351 | 1:13,781 | 1,695 |
| Uganda | 6 | 1:6,506,546 | 123,710 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
Ongachi (390) may also be a first name.
Ongachi Demographics
Ongachi Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Ongachi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ongachi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ongachi is held by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ongachi? popularity and diffusion
The surname Ongachi is the 133,988th most numerous surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 2,167,622 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ongachi live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 55 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 438,463rd most frequent given name world-wide. It is borne by 390 people.
The last name Ongachi is most common in Kenya, where it is held by 3,351 people, or 1 in 13,781. In Kenya it is most prevalent in: Vihiga County, where 48 percent are found, Kakamega County, where 22 percent are found and Nairobi County, where 13 percent are found. Besides Kenya this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 0 percent are found and The United States, where 0 percent are found.
Ongachi Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is principally 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 Ongachi
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