Ongo Surname
Approximately 1,853 people bear this surname
Ongo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 506 | 1:146,007 | 15,343 |
| Gabon | 303 | 1:6,235 | 1,152 |
| Philippines | 227 | 1:445,983 | 54,865 |
| Cameroon | 218 | 1:95,271 | 11,358 |
| Papua New Guinea | 207 | 1:39,390 | 4,770 |
| Indonesia | 113 | 1:1,170,347 | 83,147 |
| Canada | 71 | 1:518,952 | 43,932 |
| Uganda | 58 | 1:673,091 | 34,310 |
| Nigeria | 42 | 1:4,217,685 | 117,088 |
| Kenya | 30 | 1:1,539,330 | 35,755 |
| Ivory Coast | 19 | 1:1,214,275 | 27,625 |
| Congo | 13 | 1:383,777 | 9,863 |
| United States | 12 | 1:30,204,911 | 765,334 |
| Tanzania | 11 | 1:4,812,874 | 55,358 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
The alternate forms: Öngo (2) are calculated separately.
Ongo (297) may also be a first name.
Ongo Demographics
Average Ongo Salary in
United States
$34,375 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Ongo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ongo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ongo (Russian: Онго, Tibetan: ཨོང་སྒོ།) is more commonly found in The DR Congo than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Öngo. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ongo? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 220,420th most widely held family name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 3,932,836 people. The last name Ongo occurs mostly in Africa, where 65 percent of Ongo are found; 56 percent are found in Central Africa and 55 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 511,663rd most frequently held first name globally, held by 297 people.
The last name Ongo is most widespread in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 506 people, or 1 in 146,007. Besides The DR Congo it is found in 27 countries. It is also found in Gabon, where 16 percent live and The Philippines, where 12 percent live.
Ongo Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Ongo has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Ongo surname grew 600 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Ongo Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
The amount Ongo earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 20.33% less than the national average, earning $34,375 USD per year and in Canada they earn 24.31% less than the national average, earning $37,603 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ongo Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ongo in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཨོང་སྒོ། | onggo | - |
| Ongo in the Russian language | ||
| Онго | ongo | - |
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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
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- 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 Ongo
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