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 has its highest incidence in Kenya. It may be found in the variant forms: Öngüs. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ongus? popularity and diffusion
It is the 899,940th most frequently used last name internationally It is held by around 1 in 24,537,192 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Ongus reside; 98 percent reside in East Africa and 67 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Kenya, where it is held by 281 people, or 1 in 164,341. In Kenya Ongus is primarily concentrated in: Homa Bay County, where 46 percent reside, Nairobi County, where 29 percent reside and Kisumu County, where 24 percent reside. Other than Kenya it is found 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 holding the Ongus last name 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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