Ongayi Surname
Approximately 260 people bear this surname
Ongayi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 222 | 1:208,018 | 14,946 |
| Congo | 18 | 1:277,172 | 8,776 |
| Uganda | 11 | 1:3,549,025 | 89,142 |
| Gabon | 4 | 1:472,298 | 3,618 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Ongáyi (1) are calculated separately.
Ongayi (75) may also be a first name.
Ongayi Demographics
Ongayi Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Ongayi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ongayi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ongayi is found in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant: Ongáyi. Click here for further potential spellings of Ongayi.
How Common Is The Last Name Ongayi? popularity and diffusion
The surname Ongayi is the 988,329th most commonly used last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 28,029,023 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ongayi are found; 90 percent are found in East Africa and 62 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Ongayi is also the 1,116,575th most commonly used given name globally. It is borne by 75 people.
The last name Ongayi is most frequently used in Kenya, where it is carried by 222 people, or 1 in 208,018. In Kenya Ongayi is most prevalent in: Nairobi County, where 45 percent are found, Kakamega County, where 27 percent are found and Vihiga County, where 24 percent are found. Without taking into account Kenya this last name is found in 6 countries. It is also found in The Congo, where 7 percent are found and Uganda, where 4 percent are found.
Ongayi Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Ongayi 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 Ongayi
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