Ongeje Surname
Approximately 41 people bear this surname
Ongeje Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 39 | 1:1,001,007 | 43,411 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
Ongeje Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ongeje Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ongeje is borne by more people in Uganda than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ongeje? popularity and diffusion
The surname Ongeje is the 3,055,934th most widely held surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 177,745,022 people. Ongeje is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ongeje are found; 95 percent are found in East Africa and 95 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
The surname Ongeje is most widely held in Uganda, where it is borne by 39 people, or 1 in 1,001,007. In Uganda it is most numerous in: Serere District, where 28 percent reside, Katakwi District, where 23 percent reside and Ngora District, where 23 percent reside. Excluding Uganda Ongeje occurs in one country. It is also found in Nigeria, where 5 percent reside.
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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 Ongeje
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