Onguru Surname
Approximately 848 people bear this surname
Onguru Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 282 | 1:138,437 | 12,557 |
| Kenya | 237 | 1:194,852 | 14,347 |
| India | 166 | 1:4,620,876 | 119,070 |
| Tanzania | 141 | 1:375,472 | 27,321 |
| Papua New Guinea | 12 | 1:679,476 | 78,554 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
The alternate forms: Öngürü (83) are calculated separately.
Onguru (76) may also be a first name.
Onguru Demographics
Onguru Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Onguru Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Onguru Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Onguru occurs most in Uganda. It may also appear in the variant forms: Öngürü. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Onguru? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 411,457th most commonly held family name globally, held by around 1 in 8,593,804 people. The surname Onguru is predominantly found in Africa, where 78 percent of Onguru reside; 78 percent reside in East Africa and 40 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 1,107,702nd most frequently used first name worldwide. It is borne by 76 people.
This last name is most widely held in Uganda, where it is held by 282 people, or 1 in 138,437. In Uganda it is primarily concentrated in: Arua District, where 74 percent are found, Masindi District, where 7 percent are found and Hoima District, where 5 percent are found. Outside of Uganda this surname exists in 9 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 28 percent are found and India, where 20 percent are found.
Onguru Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Onguru last name 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 Onguru
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