Ongus Surname
Approximately 297 people bear this surname
Ongus Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 281 | 1:164,341 | 12,761 |
| Uganda | 9 | 1:4,337,698 | 99,715 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Öngüs (1) are calculated separately.
Ongus Demographics
Ongus Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Ongus Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ongus Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ongus is carried by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms: Öngüs. For other possible spellings of Ongus click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ongus? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 899,940th most frequently used family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 24,537,192 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Ongus live; 98 percent live in East Africa and 67 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
The surname Ongus is most prevalent in Kenya, where it is carried by 281 people, or 1 in 164,341. In Kenya Ongus is most numerous in: Homa Bay County, where 46 percent live, Nairobi County, where 29 percent live and Kisumu County, where 24 percent live. Apart from Kenya this last name is found in 6 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 3 percent live and The Philippines, where 1 percent live.
Ongus Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is chiefly 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 Ongus
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