Songa Surname
Approximately 36,581 people bear this surname
Songa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 8,729 | 1:8,464 | 1,048 |
| Tanzania | 7,461 | 1:7,096 | 927 |
| Rwanda | 6,822 | 1:1,666 | 397 |
| India | 6,591 | 1:116,381 | 7,570 |
| Malawi | 2,457 | 1:6,967 | 1,006 |
| Kenya | 1,543 | 1:29,929 | 3,287 |
| Zambia | 935 | 1:16,952 | 1,903 |
| Uganda | 400 | 1:97,598 | 9,874 |
| Burkina Faso | 348 | 1:52,736 | 2,296 |
| Cameroon | 267 | 1:77,787 | 9,575 |
| Papua New Guinea | 142 | 1:57,421 | 7,328 |
| Congo | 122 | 1:40,894 | 3,859 |
| Indonesia | 119 | 1:1,111,338 | 79,949 |
| Namibia | 112 | 1:21,513 | 3,696 |
| Nigeria | 59 | 1:3,002,420 | 93,371 |
| United States | 58 | 1:6,249,292 | 299,206 |
| Zimbabwe | 55 | 1:280,695 | 28,958 |
| Liberia | 48 | 1:91,844 | 7,477 |
| France | 45 | 1:1,476,060 | 142,161 |
| Philippines | 41 | 1:2,469,225 | 130,198 |
| Ivory Coast | 30 | 1:769,041 | 20,891 |
| England | 29 | 1:1,921,312 | 76,208 |
| South Africa | 17 | 1:3,186,924 | 115,449 |
| Botswana | 17 | 1:128,643 | 18,229 |
| Italy | 17 | 1:3,597,452 | 102,597 |
| Angola | 16 | 1:1,686,826 | 3,823 |
| Sierra Leone | 16 | 1:443,102 | 516 |
| Benin | 16 | 1:645,975 | 38,126 |
| Niger | 11 | 1:1,744,729 | 34,351 |
| Pakistan | 10 | 1:17,864,388 | 68,137 |
| Turkey | 6 | 1:12,970,237 | 144,247 |
| Solomon Islands | 6 | 1:96,672 | 18,437 |
| Brazil | 4 | 1:53,518,583 | 632,670 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Kazakhstan | 2 | 1:8,841,248 | 174,813 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7 | 1:7,174,098 | 302,835 |
Songa (3,353) may also be a first name.
Songa Demographics
Songa Political Affiliation
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Songa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Songa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Songa (Hindi: सोंगा, Marathi: सोनगा, Oriya: େସାଂଗା, Russian: Сонга) is found in The DR Congo more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Songa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 15,223rd most numerous surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 199,217 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 81 percent of Songa reside; 44 percent reside in East Africa and 43 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 123,213th most frequently held first name globally, held by 3,353 people.
The last name Songa is most prevalent in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 8,729 people, or 1 in 8,464. Outside of The DR Congo Songa occurs in 55 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 20 percent live and Rwanda, where 19 percent live.
Songa Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Songa has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Songa surname expanded 829 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Songa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Songa surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those bearing the Songa surname are 22.46% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 69.23% being registered with the party.
The amount Songa earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 93.8% less than the national average, earning R 14,724 per year and in United States they earn 69.66% more than the national average, earning $73,205 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Songa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Songa in the Oriya language | ||
| େସାଂଗା | esanga | - |
| Songa in the Marathi language | ||
| सोनगा | sonaga | - |
| Songa in the Hindi language | ||
| सोंगा | songa | 80 |
| सोंग | songa | 10 |
| सॉंगा | songa | 10 |
| Songa in the Russian language | ||
| Сонга | songa | - |
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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 Songa
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