Ongou Surname
Approximately 16 people bear this surname
Ongou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 10 | 1:4,617,990 | 42,693 |
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
Ongou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ongou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ongou is held by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ongou? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 4,908,606th most prevalent family name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 455,471,620 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 88 percent of Ongou are found; 63 percent are found in East Africa and 63 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
The last name Ongou is most frequent in Kenya, where it is borne by 10 people, or 1 in 4,617,990. In Kenya it is primarily concentrated in: Homa Bay County, where 90 percent live and Vihiga County, where 10 percent live. Barring Kenya this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 25 percent live and The United States, where 13 percent live.
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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 Ongou
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