Ontunya Surname
Approximately 10 people bear this surname
Ontunya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 9 | 1:5,131,100 | 45,516 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Ontunya (10) may also be a first name.
Ontunya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ontunya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ontunya is more frequently found in Kenya than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ontunya? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 6,063,924th most frequently occurring last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 728,754,592 people. The surname Ontunya is primarily found in Africa, where 90 percent of Ontunya live; 90 percent live in East Africa and 50 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Ontunya is also the 3,684,242nd most commonly occurring first name at a global level, borne by 10 people.
It is most frequent in Kenya, where it is held by 9 people, or 1 in 5,131,100. In Kenya Ontunya is primarily found in: Kisii County, where 44 percent reside, Nairobi County, where 44 percent reside and Nandi County, where 11 percent reside. Besides Kenya this surname exists in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 10 percent reside.
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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 Ontunya
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