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
Ongene occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ongene? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,718,748th most numerous family name globally, borne by around 1 in 64,491,557 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Ongene reside; 97 percent reside in Central Africa and 96 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.
This last name is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is borne by 106 people, or 1 in 195,935. In Cameroon it is most common in: Centre Region, where 53 percent reside, Southwest Region, where 25 percent reside and Littoral Region, where 10 percent reside. Excluding Cameroon this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also common 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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