Ongeng Surname
Approximately 937 people bear this surname
Ongeng Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 881 | 1:44,312 | 5,545 |
| Cameroon | 20 | 1:1,038,453 | 65,513 |
| Papua New Guinea | 17 | 1:479,630 | 60,627 |
| Kenya | 10 | 1:4,617,990 | 42,693 |
| Indonesia | 5 | 1:26,449,839 | 597,308 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Ongeng (23) may also be a first name.
Ongeng Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ongeng Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ongeng is more frequently found in Uganda than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. For other potential spellings of Ongeng click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ongeng? popularity and diffusion
It is the 380,576th most numerous surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 7,777,530 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Ongeng are found; 95 percent are found in East Africa and 88 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 2,239,265th most widely held first name world-wide, held by 23 people.
This surname is most prevalent in Uganda, where it is borne by 881 people, or 1 in 44,312. In Uganda Ongeng is mostly concentrated in: Amolatar District, where 24 percent are found, Dokolo District, where 23 percent are found and Lira District, where 13 percent are found. Aside from Uganda it exists in 7 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 2 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 2 percent are found.
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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 Ongeng
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