Soghona Surname
Approximately 114 people bear this surname
Soghona Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 102 | 1:452,744 | 23,898 |
| Mauritania | 12 | 1:341,239 | 14,334 |
Soghona (20) may also be a first name.
Soghona Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Soghona Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Soghona (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﻮﺧﻮﻧﺎ) occurs more in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Soghona? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,710,039th most prevalent last name internationally, held by around 1 in 63,925,841 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Soghona are found; 89 percent are found in East Africa and 89 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Soghona is also the 2,446,817th most frequently used first name throughout the world, held by 20 people.
Soghona is most widespread in Kenya, where it is borne by 102 people, or 1 in 452,744. In Kenya Soghona is mostly concentrated in: Taita Taveta County, where 100 percent live. Barring Kenya this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in Mauritania, where 11 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Soghona Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Soghona in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺳﻮﺧﻮﻧﺎ | swkhwna | 25 |
| ﺳﻮﺧﻨﺎ | swkhna | 25 |
| ﺳﻘﻨﺎ | sqna | 25 |
| ﺳﻐﻨﺎ | sghna | 25 |
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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 Soghona
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