Ongeya Surname
Approximately 18 people bear this surname
Ongeya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 11 | 1:3,549,025 | 89,142 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Ongeya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ongeya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ongeya has its highest incidence in Uganda. It can be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ongeya? popularity and diffusion
Ongeya is the 4,649,889th most frequent family name internationally It is held by around 1 in 404,863,662 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 94 percent of Ongeya live; 72 percent live in East Africa and 50 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
The last name is most widely held in Uganda, where it is borne by 11 people, or 1 in 3,549,025. In Uganda it is most numerous in: Arua District, where 18 percent live, Buvuma District, where 9 percent live and Gulu District, where 9 percent live. Other than Uganda this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 22 percent live and Ethiopia, where 6 percent live.
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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 Ongeya
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