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 last name Ongeya is found in Uganda more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ongeya? popularity and diffusion
It is the 4,649,889th most commonly occurring surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 404,863,662 people. The last name Ongeya is primarily found 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 Ongeya is most widely held in Uganda, where it is carried by 11 people, or 1 in 3,549,025. In Uganda Ongeya is most frequent in: Arua District, where 18 percent reside, Buvuma District, where 9 percent reside and Gulu District, where 9 percent reside. Besides Uganda this surname occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 22 percent reside and Ethiopia, where 6 percent reside.
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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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