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 more in Uganda more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Ongiya click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ongiya? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,073,555th most widespread last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 31,547,818 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ongiya reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 80 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
It is most frequently occurring in Uganda, where it is carried by 157 people, or 1 in 248,658. In Uganda it is most common in: Gulu District, where 22 percent reside, Pader District, where 14 percent reside and Agago District, where 11 percent reside. Besides Uganda this surname is found in one country. It is also found in Kenya, where 32 percent reside.
Ongiya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is chiefly 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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