Ongai Surname
Approximately 400 people bear this surname
Ongai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 274 | 1:168,540 | 12,948 |
| Hungary | 88 | 1:111,549 | 10,635 |
| Papua New Guinea | 22 | 1:370,624 | 48,900 |
| Germany | 7 | 1:11,500,780 | 305,602 |
| Uganda | 5 | 1:7,807,856 | 134,263 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Ongai (260) may also be a first name.
Ongai Demographics
Ongai Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Ongai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ongai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ongai is found in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Ongai click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ongai? popularity and diffusion
It is the 726,304th most frequently held surname globally, borne by around 1 in 18,218,865 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 70 percent of Ongai are found; 70 percent are found in East Africa and 54 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 552,051st most commonly occurring first name internationally. It is borne by 260 people.
The surname is most frequent in Kenya, where it is held by 274 people, or 1 in 168,540. In Kenya Ongai is most frequent in: Nairobi County, where 37 percent are found, Kakamega County, where 36 percent are found and Vihiga County, where 20 percent are found. Apart from Kenya this surname occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in Hungary, where 22 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 6 percent are found.
Ongai Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Ongai last name is chiefly 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 Ongai
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