Ongora Surname
Approximately 2,870 people bear this surname
Ongora Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 2,726 | 1:14,321 | 2,269 |
| Kenya | 132 | 1:349,848 | 20,694 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
Ongora Demographics
Ongora Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Ongora Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ongora Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ongora has its highest incidence in Uganda. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ongora? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 153,214th most frequently used family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 2,539,215 people. The surname Ongora occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ongora live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 94 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
This last name is most commonly held in Uganda, where it is held by 2,726 people, or 1 in 14,321. In Uganda Ongora is most common in: Lira District, where 18 percent reside, Alebtong District, where 18 percent reside and Oyam District, where 14 percent reside. Without taking into account Uganda this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 5 percent reside and The United States, where 0 percent reside.
Ongora Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Ongora
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