Ongore Surname
Approximately 267 people bear this surname
Ongore Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 214 | 1:215,794 | 15,347 |
| Nigeria | 49 | 1:3,615,158 | 105,602 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
The alternate forms: Öngöre (24) are calculated separately.
Ongore (11) may also be a first name.
Ongore Demographics
Ongore Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Ongore Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ongore Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ongore has its highest incidence in Kenya. It may occur as a variant: Öngöre. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ongore? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 970,883rd most commonly occurring surname globally, held by around 1 in 27,294,179 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Ongore reside; 81 percent reside in East Africa and 56 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 3,487,849th most frequent given name in the world It is held by 11 people.
The surname Ongore is most widely held in Kenya, where it is borne by 214 people, or 1 in 215,794. In Kenya it is most numerous in: Siaya County, where 42 percent are found, Kisumu County, where 25 percent are found and Kakamega County, where 23 percent are found. Apart from Kenya it is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 18 percent are found and Uganda, where 1 percent are found.
Ongore Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the surname 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 Ongore
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