Ongaro

surname · Latin script

Meaning: do lat. med. hungarus, húngaro

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

Ongaro is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Italy than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • ARArgentina1 in 126K(measured from records)
  • BRBrazil1 in 283K
  • ITItaly≈1 in 36K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Italy (inferred from the name graph)

≈1,700 people, est.

Sources
65 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 36K (inferred from the name graph)

Italy, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

do lat. med. hungarus, húngaro

Sources 1

  • Dicionário dos sobrenomes italianos

Where in the world(measured from records)

Ongaro counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Ongaro is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
IT Italy≈1,700 est.≈1 in 36KlistedOngaro31
BR Brazil7471 in 283K747Ongaro65
AR Argentina3611 in 126K361Ongaro40
FR France≈270 est.≈1 in 247K26——
US United States2621 in 1.3M262Ongaro37
CH Switzerland1071 in 79K107Ongaro4
BE Belgium711 in 165K71—2
UY Uruguay411 in 83K41Ongaro8

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); the italian-surnames-defelice-1978 register; Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register); INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public); INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Ongaro is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Swahili surname5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Kenya, United States, Italy, Canada

    Languages: Swahili, Chinese

    Also written Ong'Aro, On'Garo, Onga'Ro

  • Arabic surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States

    Also written Ôngaro

  • Russian surname5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Russia, United States

    Also written Онгаро

34 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1850190019502000Massimiliano Ongaro, b. 1858Saúl Ongaro, b. 1916Alberto Ongaro, b. 1925Franca Ongaro, b. 1928Giovanni Ongaro, b. 1958Ross Ongaro, b. 1959Alex Ongaro, b. 1963Fabio Ongaro, b. 1977Ornella Ongaro, b. 1990Easton Ongaro, b. 1998

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 23 sources across 14 countries.

Official registers attesting Ongaro
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)—747#11,925
AR ArgentinaRENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national)—361—
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010262#73,911
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020243#83,373
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000201#86,341
CH SwitzerlandBFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames)2024107#10,464
BE BelgiumFamilienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register)200871#20,281
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)195164—
UY UruguayINE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public)—41—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)197138—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)196138—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)198134—

Reference works 3

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Wikipedia surname tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Ongaro mean, and where does it come from?
do lat. med. hungarus, húngaro Recorded by Dicionário dos sobrenomes italianos.
In which country does Ongaro have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 1.7 thousand people named Ongaro in Italy, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled ongaro.
How common is the name Ongaro?
In Brazil, the national register counted 747 people named Ongaro, about 1 in 283 thousand residents.

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About this data

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These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Ongaro”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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