Ongeti Surname

1,286,243rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 177 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Ongeti Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ongeti Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya1621:285,06118,491
India121:63,922,115578,870
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
Iceland11:380,09011,096

Ongeti (15) may also be a first name.

Ongeti Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Ongeti Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Ongeti occurs most in Kenya. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ongeti? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,286,243rd most commonly used family name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 41,172,576 people. The surname Ongeti occurs predominantly in Africa, where 93 percent of Ongeti live; 93 percent live in East Africa and 69 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Ongeti is also the 2,900,335th most common first name globally, held by 15 people.

It is most frequently used in Kenya, where it is held by 162 people, or 1 in 285,061. In Kenya Ongeti is mostly concentrated in: Kakamega County, where 68 percent are found, Kisii County, where 21 percent are found and Bungoma County, where 2 percent are found. Barring Kenya this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in India, where 7 percent are found and Uganda, where 1 percent are found.

Ongeti Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Oungeti921/
Ongetich861/
Houngeti861/
Angeti83188/
Ongete83158/
Ongiti8397/
Onjeti838/
Onseti834/
Onzeti833/
Omgeti831/
Angesti77319/
Angetti773/
Gonzeti771/
On'gete771/
Onge'te771/
Angetai771/
Onsetti771/
Angesthi7146/
Hangesti7116/
Ouncheti711/
Goncetti711/
Angehtis711/
Aangethi711/
Otncheti711/
Angete6768/
Angiti6746/
Anjeti6729/
Onceta6712/
Anceti677/
Honshetti675/
Oncete674/
Houndjeti671/
Anseti671/
Onziti671/
Ongite671/
Achingeti671/
Onjiti671/

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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 Ongeti
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