Ongia Surname
Approximately 701 people bear this surname
Ongia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 665 | 1:58,706 | 6,850 |
| Papua New Guinea | 26 | 1:313,604 | 42,091 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Ongia (11) may also be a first name.
Ongia Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ongia Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ongia is held by more people in Uganda than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ongia? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 476,893rd most commonly held family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 10,395,929 people. Ongia is primarily found in Africa, where 96 percent of Ongia are found; 95 percent are found in East Africa and 81 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 3,487,849th most commonly occurring first name throughout the world, borne by 11 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Uganda, where it is held by 665 people, or 1 in 58,706. In Uganda it is primarily concentrated in: Apac District, where 28 percent reside, Dokolo District, where 16 percent reside and Amolatar District, where 15 percent reside. Aside from Uganda this surname occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 4 percent reside and Kenya, where 0 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 Ongia
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