Ongah Surname
Approximately 269 people bear this surname
Ongah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 105 | 1:163,039 | 16,499 |
| Cameroon | 84 | 1:247,251 | 24,294 |
| Nigeria | 40 | 1:4,428,569 | 120,862 |
| Indonesia | 22 | 1:6,011,327 | 267,290 |
| Malaysia | 11 | 1:2,681,293 | 102,971 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
Ongah (131) may also be a first name.
Ongah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ongah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ongah is more commonly found in Malawi than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ongah? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 966,131st most commonly held family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 27,091,249 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 85 percent of Ongah live; 39 percent live in Southern Africa and 39 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Ongah is also the 811,108th most frequently occurring given name throughout the world, held by 131 people.
The last name is most widespread in Malawi, where it is carried by 105 people, or 1 in 163,039. Other than Malawi this surname is found in 6 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 31 percent live and Nigeria, where 15 percent live.
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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 Ongah
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