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 surname Ongus is more frequently found in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as: Öngüs. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ongus? popularity and diffusion
The surname Ongus is the 899,940th most common surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 24,537,192 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Ongus are found; 98 percent are found in East Africa and 67 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
This last name is most widely held in Kenya, where it is borne by 281 people, or 1 in 164,341. In Kenya it is primarily concentrated in: Homa Bay County, where 46 percent reside, Nairobi County, where 29 percent reside and Kisumu County, where 24 percent reside. Beside Kenya this surname occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 3 percent reside and The Philippines, where 1 percent reside.
Ongus Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Ongus surname is primarily 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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