Ongata Surname
Approximately 263 people bear this surname
Ongata Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 244 | 1:189,262 | 14,086 |
| Uganda | 17 | 1:2,296,428 | 70,019 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Ongata (57) may also be a first name.
Ongata Demographics
Ongata Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Ongata Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ongata Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ongata occurs most in Kenya. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ongata? popularity and diffusion
It is the 980,795th most commonly occurring family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 27,709,300 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ongata live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 56 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 1,308,380th most common first name world-wide, borne by 57 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Kenya, where it is carried by 244 people, or 1 in 189,262. In Kenya Ongata is most prevalent in: Kisii County, where 32 percent are found, Kakamega County, where 30 percent are found and Homa Bay County, where 26 percent are found. Besides Kenya Ongata occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 6 percent are found and Tanzania, where 0 percent are found.
Ongata Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding 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 Ongata
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