Sogon Surname
Approximately 107 people bear this surname
Sogon Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 71 | 1:1,425,890 | 102,315 |
| Indonesia | 12 | 1:11,020,766 | 390,383 |
| Papua New Guinea | 9 | 1:905,969 | 94,851 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Micronesia | 1 | 1:106,243 | 1,380 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
The alternate forms: Šogon (2) are calculated separately.
Sogon (40) may also be a first name.
Sogon Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sogon Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sogon (Arabic: صوغون, Russian: Согон) is found in The Philippines more than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms: Šogon. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sogon? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,775,494th most widely held surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 68,107,906 people. It is mostly found in Asia, where 80 percent of Sogon live; 79 percent live in Southeast Asia and 66 percent live in Fil-Southeast Asia. Sogon is also the 1,614,485th most prevalent given name worldwide, borne by 40 people.
The surname Sogon is most common in The Philippines, where it is borne by 71 people, or 1 in 1,425,890. In The Philippines it is most common in: Soccsksargen, where 59 percent are found, Western Visayas, where 35 percent are found and National Capital Region, where 4 percent are found. Beside The Philippines this surname is found in 13 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 11 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 8 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sogon Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sogon in the Russian language | ||
| Согон | sogon | - |
| Sogon in the Arabic language | ||
| صوغون | swghwn | - |
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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
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- 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 Sogon
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