Ongare Surname
Approximately 529 people bear this surname
Ongare Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 464 | 1:99,526 | 8,734 |
| Uganda | 41 | 1:952,178 | 42,125 |
| India | 22 | 1:34,866,608 | 408,224 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Ongare Demographics
Ongare Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Ongare Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ongare Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ongare (Marathi: गरे) is more commonly found in Kenya than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ongare? popularity and diffusion
It is the 590,101st most widespread family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 13,776,079 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Ongare reside; 95 percent reside in East Africa and 51 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
The surname Ongare is most frequently used in Kenya, where it is borne by 464 people, or 1 in 99,526. In Kenya it is primarily found in: Nairobi County, where 31 percent are found, Siaya County, where 22 percent are found and Kakamega County, where 19 percent are found. Apart from Kenya this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 8 percent are found and India, where 4 percent are found.
Ongare Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ongare Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ongare in the Marathi language | ||
| गरे | gare | 85.71 |
| ओंगारे | ongare | 14.29 |
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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 Ongare
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