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 surname Sogomba occurs in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Sogomba.

How Common Is The Last Name Sogomba? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 668,257th most commonly used family name internationally, held by around 1 in 16,266,844 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Sogomba are found; 95 percent are found in East Africa and 95 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Sogomba is also the 1,566,439th most common first name world-wide It is held by 42 people.

The surname Sogomba is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is borne by 427 people, or 1 in 123,985. In Tanzania it is mostly concentrated in: Kigoma Region, where 98 percent are found, Dar es Salaam Region, where 1 percent are found and Kilimanjaro Region, where 0 percent are found. Apart from Tanzania Sogomba exists in one country. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 5 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 Sogomba
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