Sogomba Surname

668,257th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 448 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Sogomba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sogomba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania4271:123,98511,715
DR Congo211:3,518,075145,665

Sogomba (42) may also be a first name.

Sogomba Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Sogomba Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Sogomba occurs in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Sogomba? popularity and diffusion

It is the 668,257th most frequently held last name on earth, held by around 1 in 16,266,844 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Sogomba reside; 95 percent reside in East Africa and 95 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,566,439th most widely held first name worldwide, held by 42 people.

The last name is most frequently used in Tanzania, where it is held by 427 people, or 1 in 123,985. In Tanzania Sogomba is primarily found in: Kigoma Region, where 98 percent reside, Dar es Salaam Region, where 1 percent reside and Kilimanjaro Region, where 0 percent reside. Beside Tanzania this last name exists in one country. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 5 percent reside.

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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 Sogomba
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