Ongoya Surname
Approximately 599 people bear this surname
Ongoya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 570 | 1:81,017 | 7,470 |
| Uganda | 29 | 1:1,346,182 | 51,611 |
Ongoya (17) may also be a first name.
Ongoya Demographics
Ongoya Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Ongoya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ongoya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ongoya occurs more in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ongoya? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 537,454th most numerous surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 12,166,187 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ongoya live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 61 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Ongoya is also the 2,694,839th most numerous first name throughout the world. It is borne by 17 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Kenya, where it is held by 570 people, or 1 in 81,017. In Kenya Ongoya is most numerous in: Migori County, where 18 percent reside, Nairobi County, where 14 percent reside and Kisii County, where 14 percent reside. Barring Kenya this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in Uganda, where 5 percent reside.
Ongoya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing 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 Ongoya
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