Ongweni Surname
Approximately 262 people bear this surname
Ongweni Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 257 | 1:151,904 | 13,435 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Ongweni Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ongweni Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ongweni is more frequently found in Uganda than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Ongweni.
How Common Is The Last Name Ongweni? popularity and diffusion
It is the 983,245th most numerous last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 27,815,061 people. The last name Ongweni occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ongweni live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 52 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
The last name Ongweni is most commonly occurring in Uganda, where it is held by 257 people, or 1 in 151,904. In Uganda Ongweni is mostly concentrated in: Tororo District, where 53 percent live, Bugiri District, where 14 percent live and Namayingo District, where 9 percent live. Barring Uganda this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 2 percent live and England, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ongwenyi | 93 | 1,777 | / |
| Ong'weni | 93 | 61 | / |
| Onghweni | 93 | 1 | / |
| Ongwwenyi | 88 | 1 | / |
| Ongwena | 86 | 197 | / |
| Ongweny | 86 | 73 | / |
| Angweni | 86 | 22 | / |
| Ongbeni | 86 | 2 | / |
| Ongwene | 86 | 2 | / |
| Angwenyi | 80 | 6,175 | / |
| Ong'wena | 80 | 4 | / |
| Gonqweni | 80 | 2 | / |
| Onguenyi | 80 | 1 | / |
| Onghwena | 80 | 1 | / |
| Hongweena | 75 | 2 | / |
| Ang'wenyi | 75 | 2 | / |
| Onguene | 71 | 12,346 | / |
| Angwena | 71 | 642 | / |
| Angueni | 71 | 21 | / |
| Angwini | 71 | 11 | / |
| Angweny | 71 | 2 | / |
| Angwene | 71 | 1 | / |
| Onguini | 71 | 1 | / |
| Angwenyo | 67 | 258 | / |
| Ongbinyi | 67 | 25 | / |
| Hangueni | 67 | 8 | / |
| Anghwena | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ongouene | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ounguene | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Ongweni
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis