Ongal Surname
Approximately 98 people bear this surname
Ongal Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 46 | 1:848,680 | 39,357 |
| Papua New Guinea | 29 | 1:281,163 | 38,188 |
| Philippines | 9 | 1:11,248,691 | 221,039 |
| India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Ongal (50) may also be a first name.
Ongal Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ongal Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ongal (Marathi: ओंगळ, Russian: Онгал) is found in Uganda more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ongal? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,871,545th most frequently held family name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 74,362,713 people. The last name Ongal is predominantly found in Africa, where 53 percent of Ongal live; 48 percent live in East Africa and 44 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Ongal is also the 1,412,538th most widely held first name internationally, borne by 50 people.
It is most common in Uganda, where it is borne by 46 people, or 1 in 848,680. In Uganda Ongal is mostly concentrated in: Alebtong District, where 87 percent reside, Amuria District, where 4 percent reside and Amolatar District, where 2 percent reside. Aside from Uganda this surname exists in 8 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 30 percent reside and The Philippines, where 9 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ongal Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ongal in the Marathi language | ||
| ओंगळ | ongala | 66.67 |
| गल | gala | 33.33 |
| Ongal in the Russian language | ||
| Онгал | ongal | - |
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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 Ongal
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