Ongeta Surname
Approximately 765 people bear this surname
Ongeta Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 750 | 1:61,573 | 6,003 |
| Uganda | 13 | 1:3,003,021 | 81,551 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Ongeta (99) may also be a first name.
Ongeta Demographics
Ongeta Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Ongeta Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ongeta Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ongeta is found most in Kenya. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ongeta? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 445,853rd most commonly held family name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 9,526,204 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ongeta reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 56 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 951,070th most commonly occurring first name internationally, held by 99 people.
The surname is most frequent in Kenya, where it is held by 750 people, or 1 in 61,573. In Kenya it is most numerous in: Kisii County, where 41 percent reside, Nyamira County, where 37 percent reside and Nakuru County, where 10 percent reside. Outside of Kenya this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 2 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 0 percent reside.
Ongeta Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Ongeta last name is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Ongeta
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