Ongaji Surname
Approximately 758 people bear this surname
Ongaji Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 522 | 1:339,354 | 18,436 |
| Kenya | 235 | 1:196,510 | 14,435 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Ongaji (77) may also be a first name.
Ongaji Demographics
Ongaji Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Ongaji Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ongaji Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ongaji occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ongaji? popularity and diffusion
Ongaji is the 449,013th most widely held last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 9,614,177 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ongaji reside; 69 percent reside in West Africa and 69 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ongaji is also the 1,100,117th most prevalent first name at a global level, borne by 77 people.
This surname is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is borne by 522 people, or 1 in 339,354. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Benue, where 73 percent live, Plateau, where 7 percent live and Lagos, where 4 percent live. Not including Nigeria Ongaji exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 31 percent live and Uganda, where 0 percent live.
Ongaji Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Ongaji surname is predominantly 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 Ongaji
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