Ongori Surname
Approximately 3,068 people bear this surname
Ongori Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 2,992 | 1:15,434 | 1,852 |
| United States | 38 | 1:9,538,393 | 399,091 |
| Nigeria | 14 | 1:12,653,054 | 227,444 |
| India | 9 | 1:85,229,487 | 684,495 |
| Uganda | 7 | 1:5,577,040 | 114,218 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Ongori (642) may also be a first name.
Ongori Demographics
Ongori Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Ongori Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ongori Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ongori is found most in Kenya. It may be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ongori? popularity and diffusion
It is the 144,753rd most frequently occurring surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 2,375,341 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Ongori reside; 98 percent reside in East Africa and 66 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 328,241st most frequently occurring first name throughout the world, held by 642 people.
The last name Ongori is most commonly occurring in Kenya, where it is carried by 2,992 people, or 1 in 15,434. In Kenya it is mostly concentrated in: Kisii County, where 62 percent are found, Nyamira County, where 16 percent are found and Nairobi County, where 9 percent are found. Aside from Kenya this last name occurs in 11 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 1 percent are found and Nigeria, where 0 percent are found.
Ongori Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those bearing the Ongori surname are 3.91% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 57.14% being registered with the party.
Ongori earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 18.62% less than the national average, earning $35,115 USD 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 Ongori
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