Ongwa Surname
Approximately 546 people bear this surname
Ongwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 493 | 1:149,857 | 15,681 |
| Cameroon | 21 | 1:989,003 | 63,570 |
| Kenya | 13 | 1:3,552,300 | 39,474 |
| Zimbabwe | 9 | 1:1,715,360 | 84,476 |
| Uganda | 6 | 1:6,506,546 | 123,710 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
Ongwa (124) may also be a first name.
Ongwa Demographics
Ongwa Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Ongwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ongwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ongwa occurs most in The DR Congo. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Ongwa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ongwa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Ongwa is the 576,198th most frequently used last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 13,347,154 people. The last name Ongwa is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ongwa reside; 94 percent reside in Central Africa and 93 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Ongwa is also the 836,439th most widespread given name world-wide, borne by 124 people.
Ongwa is most frequent in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 493 people, or 1 in 149,857. Apart from The DR Congo it is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 4 percent live and Kenya, where 2 percent live.
Ongwa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Ongwa 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
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- 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 Ongwa
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