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 occurs in Uganda more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ongia? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 476,893rd most commonly used family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 10,395,929 people. Ongia is primarily found in Africa, where 96 percent of Ongia live; 95 percent live in East Africa and 81 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 3,487,849th most frequent first name worldwide, borne by 11 people.
This surname is most numerous in Uganda, where it is carried by 665 people, or 1 in 58,706. In Uganda Ongia is most numerous in: Apac District, where 28 percent are found, Dokolo District, where 16 percent are found and Amolatar District, where 15 percent are found. Barring Uganda Ongia exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 4 percent are found and Kenya, where 0 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 Ongia
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