Ongey Surname
Approximately 327 people bear this surname
Ongey Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 273 | 1:143,001 | 12,845 |
| Cameroon | 41 | 1:506,563 | 40,818 |
| Turkey | 12 | 1:6,485,118 | 119,359 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Ongey (70) may also be a first name.
Ongey Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ongey Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ongey occurs in Uganda more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Ongey.
How Common Is The Last Name Ongey? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 841,044th most commonly occurring family name on earth, held by around 1 in 22,286,073 people. The surname Ongey is primarily found in Africa, where 96 percent of Ongey live; 83 percent live in East Africa and 46 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 1,162,016th most widespread first name in the world. It is borne by 70 people.
This last name is most frequent in Uganda, where it is carried by 273 people, or 1 in 143,001. In Uganda Ongey is mostly concentrated in: Nebbi District, where 31 percent are found, Kiryandongo District, where 25 percent are found and Zombo District, where 23 percent are found. Beside Uganda this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 13 percent are found and Turkey, where 4 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 Ongey
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