Otongo Surname
Approximately 714 people bear this surname
Otongo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 271 | 1:170,406 | 13,033 |
| Uganda | 212 | 1:184,148 | 15,212 |
| Cameroon | 96 | 1:216,344 | 21,934 |
| Congo | 81 | 1:61,594 | 5,562 |
| DR Congo | 48 | 1:1,539,158 | 86,567 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
Otongo (155) may also be a first name.
Otongo Demographics
Otongo Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Otongo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Otongo Come From? nationality or country of origin
Otongo is held by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Otongo? popularity and diffusion
Otongo is the 470,273rd most numerous family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 10,206,647 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Otongo are found; 68 percent are found in East Africa and 56 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Otongo is also the 738,219th most frequently held first name worldwide It is held by 155 people.
The last name Otongo is most numerous in Kenya, where it is carried by 271 people, or 1 in 170,406. In Kenya Otongo is most frequent in: Kisii County, where 72 percent reside, Kakamega County, where 23 percent reside and Nairobi County, where 1 percent reside. Without taking into account Kenya this last name occurs in 9 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 30 percent reside and Cameroon, where 13 percent reside.
Otongo Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Otongo last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Otongo
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