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 last name Ongaya is borne by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ongaya? popularity and diffusion
The surname Ongaya is the 156,768th most frequently held surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 2,610,153 people. This last name is predominantly 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 used first name in the world. It is borne by 214 people.
This surname is most numerous in Kenya, where it is carried by 2,085 people, or 1 in 22,149. In Kenya it is most prevalent in: Kakamega County, where 35 percent live, Nairobi County, where 24 percent live and Vihiga County, where 14 percent live. Without taking into account Kenya this surname exists in 10 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 22 percent live and The Philippines, where 2 percent live.
Ongaya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is chiefly 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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