Kisongo Surname
Approximately 1,186 people bear this surname
Kisongo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 750 | 1:70,589 | 7,406 |
| DR Congo | 404 | 1:182,870 | 18,550 |
| Uganda | 20 | 1:1,951,964 | 63,898 |
| Kenya | 5 | 1:9,235,980 | 55,978 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
Kisongo (115) may also be a first name.
Kisongo Demographics
Kisongo Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Kisongo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kisongo Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kisongo has its highest incidence in Tanzania. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kisongo? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 316,181st most commonly occurring family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 6,144,642 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Kisongo live; 65 percent live in East Africa and 65 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 873,022nd most commonly occurring first name internationally. It is borne by 115 people.
The last name is most widespread in Tanzania, where it is borne by 750 people, or 1 in 70,589. In Tanzania Kisongo is primarily concentrated in: Kigoma Region, where 36 percent are found, Dodoma Region, where 25 percent are found and Lindi Region, where 16 percent are found. Apart from Tanzania this surname exists in 6 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 34 percent are found and Uganda, where 2 percent are found.
Kisongo Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Kisongo earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 4.1% more than the national average, earning $44,917 USD per year.
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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 Kisongo
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