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
The last name Ongus is found most frequently in Kenya. It can also appear as: Öngüs. Click here to see other potential spellings of Ongus.
How Common Is The Last Name Ongus? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 899,940th most commonly used last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 24,537,192 people. Ongus is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Ongus reside; 98 percent reside in East Africa and 67 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
It is most commonly occurring in Kenya, where it is held by 281 people, or 1 in 164,341. In Kenya it is most common in: Homa Bay County, where 46 percent reside, Nairobi County, where 29 percent reside and Kisumu County, where 24 percent reside. Outside of Kenya this surname is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 3 percent reside and The Philippines, where 1 percent reside.
Ongus Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is predominantly 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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