Ongom Surname
Approximately 23,932 people bear this surname
Ongom Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 23,884 | 1:1,635 | 221 |
| Papua New Guinea | 10 | 1:815,372 | 88,623 |
| South Africa | 5 | 1:10,835,541 | 204,227 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| South Sudan | 4 | 1:2,853,769 | 1,758 |
| Tanzania | 3 | 1:17,647,204 | 107,932 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 1 | 1:1,135,674 | 984 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
Ongom (158) may also be a first name.
Ongom Demographics
Average Ongom Salary in
South Africa
R 186,900
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Ongom Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ongom Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ongom is borne by more people in Uganda than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ongom? popularity and diffusion
It is the 22,701st most frequent surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 304,511 people. The surname Ongom is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ongom live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 93 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 730,165th most common first name world-wide, held by 158 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Uganda, where it is borne by 23,884 people, or 1 in 1,635. In Uganda it is mostly concentrated in: Lira District, where 11 percent reside, Oyam District, where 10 percent reside and Abim District, where 9 percent reside. Beside Uganda this last name occurs in 21 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 0 percent reside and South Africa, where 0 percent reside.
Ongom Last Name Statistics demography
Ongom earn notably less less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 21.35% less than the national average, earning R 186,900 per year.
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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 Ongom
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