Ontoya Surname
Approximately 26 people bear this surname
Ontoya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 23 | 1:2,007,822 | 36,224 |
| Colombia | 2 | 1:23,887,036 | 32,612 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Ontoya (12) may also be a first name.
Ontoya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ontoya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ontoya is held by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Ontoya.
How Common Is The Last Name Ontoya? popularity and diffusion
Ontoya is the 3,882,373rd most widely held last name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 280,290,228 people. The surname Ontoya is predominantly found in Africa, where 88 percent of Ontoya are found; 88 percent are found in East Africa and 69 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Ontoya is also the 3,306,491st most commonly used first name world-wide. It is borne by 12 people.
The last name Ontoya is most prevalent in Kenya, where it is held by 23 people, or 1 in 2,007,822. In Kenya Ontoya is primarily found in: Kisii County, where 39 percent live, Narok County, where 39 percent live and Nakuru County, where 17 percent live. Excluding Kenya this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Colombia, where 8 percent live and The United States, where 4 percent live.
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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 Ontoya
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