Ongecha Surname
Approximately 308 people bear this surname
Ongecha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 302 | 1:152,914 | 12,145 |
| Uganda | 6 | 1:6,506,546 | 123,710 |
Ongecha Demographics
Ongecha Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Ongecha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ongecha Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ongecha has its highest incidence in Kenya. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ongecha? popularity and diffusion
Ongecha is the 876,631st most frequently used family name in the world, held by around 1 in 23,660,863 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ongecha live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 61 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
Ongecha is most widely held in Kenya, where it is carried by 302 people, or 1 in 152,914. In Kenya it is primarily found in: Vihiga County, where 58 percent live, Kakamega County, where 36 percent live and Siaya County, where 3 percent live. Apart from Kenya Ongecha occurs in one country. It also occurs in Uganda, where 2 percent live.
Ongecha Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the last name 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 Ongecha
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