Ongaw Surname
Approximately 22 people bear this surname
Ongaw Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 21 | 1:4,820,868 | 168,058 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Ongaw Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ongaw Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ongaw is held by more people in The Philippines than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ongaw? popularity and diffusion
The last name Ongaw is the 4,206,983rd most frequently used family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 331,252,087 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 95 percent of Ongaw live; 95 percent live in Southeast Asia and 77 percent live in Fil-Southeast Asia.
The surname is most prevalent in The Philippines, where it is carried by 21 people, or 1 in 4,820,868. In The Philippines Ongaw is most frequent in: Soccsksargen, where 62 percent live, Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, where 19 percent live and Calabarzon, where 14 percent live. Besides The Philippines this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 5 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hongaw | 91 | 4 | / |
| Angaw | 80 | 1,980 | / |
| Ungaw | 80 | 28 | / |
| Engaw | 80 | 9 | / |
| Ongab | 80 | 5 | / |
| Ongow | 80 | 2 | / |
| Houngaiw | 77 | 1 | / |
| Homgaw | 73 | 38 | / |
| Angawe | 73 | 34 | / |
| Anggaw | 73 | 22 | / |
| Hengaw | 73 | 10 | / |
| Ongova | 73 | 5 | / |
| Gongav | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gongaf | 73 | 1 | / |
| Enggaw | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ongowe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gongova | 67 | 12 | / |
| Goungaf | 67 | 4 | / |
| Hongova | 67 | 3 | / |
| Gungaiw | 67 | 1 | / |
| Angawch | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hanggaw | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ongouwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Anggawe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hongowa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hongabh | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Ongaw
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