Ongwae Surname

148,140th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,986 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Ongwae Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Ongwae Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya2,9621:15,5911,869
United States191:19,076,786604,894
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Sierra Leone11:7,089,6311,533

Ongwae (601) may also be a first name.

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Ongwae Demographics

Ongwae Religious Adherence
in Kenya

Sample size: 63 (2018)

Religious Adherence
in Kenya

View the most religious surnames in Kenya

Ongwae Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Ongwae Come From? nationality or country of origin

Ongwae occurs in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ongwae? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 148,140th most frequently used surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 2,440,571 people. Ongwae occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Ongwae live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 53 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 340,957th most frequently held first name in the world, held by 601 people.

The surname Ongwae is most frequently occurring in Kenya, where it is carried by 2,962 people, or 1 in 15,591. In Kenya it is most frequent in: Kisii County, where 39 percent live, Nyamira County, where 31 percent live and Nairobi County, where 16 percent live. Barring Kenya it occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 1 percent live and Sweden, where 0 percent live.

Ongwae Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Ongwae surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Ongwae earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 60.62% less than the national average, earning $16,991 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ong'wae921/
Ongweu831/
Goungwoe710/
Houngwoua671/
Hongboe621/
Angwaoa621/
Angbaaye574/
Hangwoua571/
Houngbohe531/
Angwahayi531/

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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 Ongwae
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