Shongi Surname
Approximately 41 people bear this surname
Shongi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 22 | 1:8,051,944 | 174,166 |
| Zimbabwe | 14 | 1:1,102,731 | 66,551 |
| Zambia | 4 | 1:3,962,480 | 38,524 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Shongi (92) may also be a first name.
Shongi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shongi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Shongi is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Shongi? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,055,934th most common family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 177,745,022 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Shongi reside; 54 percent reside in West Africa and 54 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Shongi is also the 992,070th most widespread first name on earth. It is borne by 92 people.
The surname is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 22 people, or 1 in 8,051,944. In Nigeria Shongi is most frequent in: Benue, where 100 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 34 percent are found and Zambia, where 10 percent are found.
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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 Shongi
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