Ongaria Surname

215,621st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,905 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Ongaria Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ongaria Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda1,5911:24,5383,499
Philippines1921:527,28260,578
Kenya1141:405,08722,588
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
England11:55,718,059489,080
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

The alternate forms: Ongária (1) are calculated separately.

Ongaria (11) may also be a first name.

Ongaria Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Ongaria Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Ongaria occurs in Uganda more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant: Ongária. Click here to see other possible spellings of Ongaria.

How Common Is The Last Name Ongaria? popularity and diffusion

Ongaria is the 215,621st most frequently occurring last name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 3,825,483 people. Ongaria is predominantly found in Africa, where 90 percent of Ongaria live; 90 percent live in East Africa and 70 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,487,849th most prevalent first name globally, borne by 11 people.

This surname is most frequent in Uganda, where it is carried by 1,591 people, or 1 in 24,538. In Uganda Ongaria is primarily found in: Amuria District, where 32 percent live, Katakwi District, where 28 percent live and Tororo District, where 15 percent live. Besides Uganda Ongaria is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 10 percent live and Kenya, where 6 percent live.

Ongaria Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.

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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 Ongaria
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