Ongaya Surname
Approximately 2,792 people bear this surname
Ongaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 2,085 | 1:22,149 | 2,535 |
| Uganda | 620 | 1:62,967 | 7,205 |
| Philippines | 61 | 1:1,659,643 | 109,715 |
| Congo | 14 | 1:356,364 | 9,454 |
| Gabon | 4 | 1:472,298 | 3,618 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Ongaya (214) may also be a first name.
Ongaya Demographics
Ongaya Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Ongaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ongaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ongaya is most common in Kenya. It may also be found as:. For other possible spellings of Ongaya click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ongaya? popularity and diffusion
It is the 156,768th most widespread family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 2,610,153 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Ongaya live; 97 percent live in East Africa and 56 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Ongaya is also the 617,781st most frequently held first name in the world It is held by 214 people.
This last name is most frequent in Kenya, where it is held by 2,085 people, or 1 in 22,149. In Kenya Ongaya is most frequent in: Kakamega County, where 35 percent are found, Nairobi County, where 24 percent are found and Vihiga County, where 14 percent are found. Other than Kenya it is found in 10 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 22 percent are found and The Philippines, where 2 percent are found.
Ongaya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Ongaya surname is predominantly Christian (98%) 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 Ongaya
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