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 last name Ongecha occurs most in Kenya. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Ongecha click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ongecha? popularity and diffusion
Ongecha is the 876,631st most frequently occurring last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 23,660,863 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ongecha are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 61 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
The surname is most frequent in Kenya, where it is borne by 302 people, or 1 in 152,914. In Kenya it is most frequent in: Vihiga County, where 58 percent reside, Kakamega County, where 36 percent reside and Siaya County, where 3 percent reside. Not including Kenya this last name is found in one country. It is also common in Uganda, where 2 percent reside.
Ongecha Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is primarily 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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