Ongane Surname
Approximately 26 people bear this surname
Ongane Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 17 | 1:2,296,428 | 70,019 |
| Cameroon | 8 | 1:2,596,134 | 118,056 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Ongane Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ongane Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ongane is found most frequently in Uganda. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ongane? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,882,373rd most widespread last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 280,290,228 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Ongane are found; 65 percent are found in East Africa and 65 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
This last name is most numerous in Uganda, where it is carried by 17 people, or 1 in 2,296,428. In Uganda Ongane is mostly found in: Ngora District, where 53 percent are found, Serere District, where 41 percent are found and Kumi District, where 6 percent are found. Outside of Uganda this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 31 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 4 percent are found.
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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 Ongane
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