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
The last name Ongeta occurs more in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ongeta? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 445,853rd most commonly used family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 9,526,204 people. The surname Ongeta occurs predominantly 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 frequent first name at a global level. It is borne by 99 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Kenya, where it is carried by 750 people, or 1 in 61,573. In Kenya Ongeta is mostly found in: Kisii County, where 41 percent are found, Nyamira County, where 37 percent are found and Nakuru County, where 10 percent are found. Barring Kenya Ongeta occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 2 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 0 percent are found.
Ongeta Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the surname is chiefly 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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