Ongesa Surname
Approximately 625 people bear this surname
Ongesa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 591 | 1:78,139 | 7,261 |
| United States | 15 | 1:24,163,929 | 685,360 |
| Papua New Guinea | 9 | 1:905,969 | 94,851 |
| Uganda | 5 | 1:7,807,856 | 134,263 |
| Rwanda | 4 | 1:2,841,244 | 3,611 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Ongesa (31) may also be a first name.
Ongesa Demographics
Ongesa Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Ongesa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ongesa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ongesa is more commonly found in Kenya than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ongesa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 520,629th most frequently held surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 11,660,073 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Ongesa reside; 96 percent reside in East Africa and 81 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 1,874,099th most widespread first name on earth. It is borne by 31 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Kenya, where it is carried by 591 people, or 1 in 78,139. In Kenya it is most common in: Kisii County, where 38 percent live, Homa Bay County, where 13 percent live and Migori County, where 13 percent live. Aside from Kenya Ongesa exists in 5 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 2 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 1 percent live.
Ongesa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Ongesa earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 0.76% less than the national average, earning $42,821 USD per year.
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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 Ongesa
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