Onganya Surname
Approximately 52 people bear this surname
Onganya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 24 | 1:1,626,637 | 57,482 |
| Cameroon | 16 | 1:1,298,067 | 76,941 |
| Kenya | 6 | 1:7,696,650 | 52,907 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
Onganya (14) may also be a first name.
Onganya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Onganya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Onganya occurs in Uganda more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Onganya? popularity and diffusion
The surname Onganya is the 2,689,253rd most commonly held surname internationally, held by around 1 in 140,145,114 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Onganya live; 60 percent live in East Africa and 40 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Onganya is also the 3,024,661st most widely held forename in the world. It is borne by 14 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Uganda, where it is held by 24 people, or 1 in 1,626,637. In Uganda Onganya is most common in: Tororo District, where 50 percent live, Busia District, where 25 percent live and Mukono District, where 8 percent live. Excluding Uganda this surname exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 31 percent live and Kenya, where 12 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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 Onganya
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis