Ongome Surname
Approximately 55 people bear this surname
Ongome Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 53 | 1:871,319 | 32,675 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Ongome Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ongome Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ongome has its highest incidence in Kenya. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ongome? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,605,694th most commonly used family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 132,500,835 people. The last name Ongome occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ongome reside; 98 percent reside in East Africa and 91 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
Ongome is most widespread in Kenya, where it is held by 53 people, or 1 in 871,319. In Kenya Ongome is most prevalent in: Kakamega County, where 92 percent reside and Busia County, where 8 percent reside. Without taking into account Kenya this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 2 percent reside and Uganda, where 2 percent reside.
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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 Ongome
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