Ongoh Surname
Approximately 151 people bear this surname
Ongoh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 135 | 1:153,845 | 16,852 |
| Malaysia | 14 | 1:2,106,730 | 83,604 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
Ongoh (25) may also be a first name.
Ongoh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ongoh Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ongoh is borne by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ongoh? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,428,594th most widespread last name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 48,261,893 people. The surname Ongoh is predominantly found in Africa, where 91 percent of Ongoh are found; 89 percent are found in Central Africa and 89 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Ongoh is also the 2,136,160th most commonly used forename world-wide, held by 25 people.
The surname is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is held by 135 people, or 1 in 153,845. In Cameroon it is most prevalent in: Centre Region, where 76 percent are found, Southwest Region, where 12 percent are found and Northwest Region, where 7 percent are found. Barring Cameroon it is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Malaysia, where 9 percent are found and Ghana, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Ongoh
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