Ongoa Surname
Approximately 59 people bear this surname
Ongoa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 46 | 1:1,003,911 | 34,451 |
| Congo | 6 | 1:831,516 | 16,072 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Ongoa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ongoa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ongoa has its highest incidence in Kenya. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Ongoa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ongoa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,506,728th most widespread surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 123,517,727 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Ongoa live; 85 percent live in East Africa and 80 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
This last name is most common in Kenya, where it is borne by 46 people, or 1 in 1,003,911. In Kenya Ongoa is most common in: Kisii County, where 93 percent live, Homa Bay County, where 2 percent live and Nairobi County, where 2 percent live. Apart from Kenya Ongoa is found in 6 countries. It is also common in The Congo, where 10 percent live and Uganda, where 5 percent live.
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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 Ongoa
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