Ongune Surname
Approximately 94 people bear this surname
Ongune Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 92 | 1:424,340 | 25,938 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Ongune Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ongune Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ongune is held by more people in Uganda than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Ongune.
How Common Is The Last Name Ongune? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,918,812th most commonly occurring family name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 77,527,084 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ongune reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 97 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
This surname is most prevalent in Uganda, where it is held by 92 people, or 1 in 424,340. In Uganda it is most numerous in: Lira District, where 60 percent are found, Otuke District, where 16 percent are found and Kole District, where 15 percent are found. Apart from Uganda this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 1 percent are found and Kenya, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Ongune
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