Ongene Surname
Approximately 113 people bear this surname
Ongene Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 106 | 1:195,935 | 20,315 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Ongene Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ongene Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ongene is found in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ongene? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,718,748th most prevalent family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 64,491,557 people. The surname Ongene is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Ongene live; 97 percent live in Central Africa and 96 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
Ongene is most prevalent in Cameroon, where it is borne by 106 people, or 1 in 195,935. In Cameroon Ongene is most common in: Centre Region, where 53 percent reside, Southwest Region, where 25 percent reside and Littoral Region, where 10 percent reside. Besides Cameroon this surname exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 4 percent reside and Nigeria, where 1 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 Ongene
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