Ongoye Surname
Approximately 281 people bear this surname
Ongoye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 200 | 1:195,196 | 15,798 |
| Kenya | 79 | 1:584,556 | 27,458 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Ongoye Demographics
Ongoye Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Ongoye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ongoye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ongoye is carried by more people in Uganda than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ongoye? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 935,326th most frequently used last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 25,934,327 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ongoye live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 75 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
The last name is most widely held in Uganda, where it is carried by 200 people, or 1 in 195,196. In Uganda it is most numerous in: Tororo District, where 67 percent reside, Kayunga District, where 6 percent reside and Wakiso District, where 5 percent reside. Aside from Uganda it occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 28 percent reside and Lesotho, where 0 percent reside.
Ongoye 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
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- 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 Ongoye
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