Ongau Surname
Approximately 275 people bear this surname
Ongau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 257 | 1:179,688 | 13,510 |
| Papua New Guinea | 13 | 1:627,209 | 74,307 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
Ongau (161) may also be a first name.
Ongau Demographics
Ongau Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Ongau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ongau Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ongau has its highest incidence in Kenya. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ongau? popularity and diffusion
It is the 950,707th most frequent family name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 26,500,167 people. Ongau occurs mostly in Africa, where 93 percent of Ongau reside; 93 percent reside in East Africa and 49 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Ongau is also the 722,635th most commonly held first name internationally It is held by 161 people.
The last name Ongau is most frequent in Kenya, where it is held by 257 people, or 1 in 179,688. In Kenya it is primarily concentrated in: Kisii County, where 46 percent live, Nyamira County, where 28 percent live and Trans Nzoia County, where 24 percent live. Apart from Kenya this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 5 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.
Ongau Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is predominantly 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 Ongau
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