Ontegi Surname

1,140,742nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 211 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Ontegi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Ontegi 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
Kenya2091:220,95615,674
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Ontegi (46) may also be a first name.

Display Statistics on:
  • Religious Adherence in:
    Kenya

Ontegi Demographics

Ontegi Religious Adherence
in Kenya

Sample size: 4 (2018)

Religious Adherence
in Kenya

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Ontegi Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ontegi is held by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ontegi? popularity and diffusion

Ontegi is the 1,140,742nd most widely held last name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 34,538,132 people. The surname Ontegi occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Ontegi live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 70 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 1,484,914th most commonly held given name worldwide, held by 46 people.

The surname Ontegi is most numerous in Kenya, where it is borne by 209 people, or 1 in 220,956. In Kenya Ontegi is most numerous in: Kisii County, where 69 percent are found, Nyamira County, where 29 percent are found and Kericho County, where 0 percent are found. Beside Kenya Ontegi is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 0 percent are found and The United States, where 0 percent are found.

Ontegi Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Ontegi last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.

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
Antegi8348/
Entegi8322/
Ontega839/
Ontagi832/
Hontagi771/
Ounteger711/
Usentegi711/
Ontoge67128/
Antega6756/
Antigi6738/
Ontage6722/
Ontiga6713/
Antege6710/
Antesi679/
Antagi678/
Entagi673/
Hountedji671/
Onteza671/
Entigi671/
Ontese671/
Antogi671/
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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 Ontegi
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