Ongiya Surname
Approximately 231 people bear this surname
Ongiya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 157 | 1:248,658 | 18,515 |
| Kenya | 74 | 1:624,053 | 28,587 |
Ongiya Demographics
Ongiya Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Ongiya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ongiya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ongiya occurs most in Uganda. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ongiya? popularity and diffusion
The last name Ongiya is the 1,073,555th most frequent family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 31,547,818 people. The surname Ongiya is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ongiya reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 80 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
The surname Ongiya is most frequent in Uganda, where it is borne by 157 people, or 1 in 248,658. In Uganda Ongiya is mostly concentrated in: Gulu District, where 22 percent are found, Pader District, where 14 percent are found and Agago District, where 11 percent are found. Apart from Uganda Ongiya exists in one country. It also occurs in Kenya, where 32 percent are found.
Ongiya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Ongiya
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