Ongu Surname
Approximately 1,755 people bear this surname
Ongu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 1,558 | 1:25,057 | 3,559 |
| Nigeria | 65 | 1:2,725,273 | 87,396 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Cameroon | 26 | 1:798,810 | 55,510 |
| England | 18 | 1:3,095,448 | 105,421 |
| Indonesia | 18 | 1:7,347,177 | 303,310 |
| Papua New Guinea | 12 | 1:679,476 | 78,554 |
| India | 10 | 1:76,706,538 | 639,611 |
| Switzerland | 8 | 1:1,026,614 | 63,315 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| Australia | 3 | 1:8,998,567 | 200,784 |
| Finland | 3 | 1:1,832,234 | 57,803 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
The alternate forms: Öngü (438) are calculated separately.
Ongu (101) may also be a first name.
Ongu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ongu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ongu is carried by more people in Uganda than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms: Öngü. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ongu? popularity and diffusion
Ongu is the 230,517th most common surname throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 4,152,448 people. Ongu occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Ongu reside; 89 percent reside in East Africa and 86 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 940,641st most frequently used first name on earth, borne by 101 people.
It is most widely held in Uganda, where it is carried by 1,558 people, or 1 in 25,057. In Uganda Ongu is mostly found in: Apac District, where 23 percent reside, Lira District, where 21 percent reside and Kole District, where 21 percent reside. Not including Uganda it exists in 14 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 4 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 2 percent reside.
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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 Ongu
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