Ongara Surname
Approximately 558 people bear this surname
Ongara Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 286 | 1:161,468 | 12,625 |
| Tanzania | 221 | 1:239,555 | 19,542 |
| Papua New Guinea | 20 | 1:407,686 | 53,132 |
| Uganda | 20 | 1:1,951,964 | 63,898 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Congo | 2 | 1:2,494,548 | 28,763 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Ongara (24) may also be a first name.
Ongara Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ongara Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ongara is found in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ongara? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 566,665th most widespread last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 13,060,118 people. Ongara is mostly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Ongara live; 94 percent live in East Africa and 58 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Ongara is also the 2,187,323rd most commonly used given name in the world, borne by 24 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Kenya, where it is held by 286 people, or 1 in 161,468. In Kenya it is most common in: Nairobi County, where 28 percent live, Homa Bay County, where 27 percent live and Vihiga County, where 24 percent live. Not including Kenya Ongara exists in 9 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 40 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 4 percent live.
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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 Ongara
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