Ongete Surname
Approximately 158 people bear this surname
Ongete Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 157 | 1:294,139 | 18,825 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Ongete Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ongete Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ongete is more frequently found in Kenya than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ongete? popularity and diffusion
The last name Ongete is the 1,385,851st most frequently held surname internationally, borne by around 1 in 46,123,708 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ongete reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 98 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
The surname is most common in Kenya, where it is held by 157 people, or 1 in 294,139. In Kenya it is mostly concentrated in: Homa Bay County, where 66 percent are found, Migori County, where 32 percent are found and Kisumu County, where 1 percent are found. Beside Kenya Ongete occurs in one country. It is also common in Tanzania, where 1 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 Ongete
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