Ongir Surname
Approximately 11 people bear this surname
Ongir Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 10 | 1:4,617,990 | 42,693 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
The alternate forms: Öngir (23) are calculated separately.
Ongir (20) may also be a first name.
Ongir Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ongir Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ongir is more frequently found in Kenya than any other country or territory. It may also occur as: Öngir. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ongir? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 5,812,366th most commonly held last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 662,504,174 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 91 percent of Ongir are found; 91 percent are found in East Africa and 91 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Ongir is also the 2,446,817th most frequently used forename on earth It is held by 20 people.
This surname is most frequently used in Kenya, where it is borne by 10 people, or 1 in 4,617,990. In Kenya it is mostly concentrated in: Kisumu County, where 90 percent reside and Migori County, where 10 percent reside. Not including Kenya this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in Malaysia, where 9 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 Ongir
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