Songai Surname
Approximately 693 people bear this surname
Songai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Togo | 525 | 1:13,805 | 3,854 |
| Papua New Guinea | 60 | 1:135,895 | 18,658 |
| Japan | 40 | 1:3,196,107 | 33,800 |
| Solomon Islands | 13 | 1:44,618 | 8,903 |
| Indonesia | 12 | 1:11,020,766 | 390,383 |
| Benin | 11 | 1:939,600 | 46,216 |
| Liberia | 7 | 1:629,791 | 27,063 |
| South Africa | 6 | 1:9,029,617 | 189,736 |
| China | 5 | 1:273,464,313 | 13,838 |
| Kenya | 5 | 1:9,235,980 | 55,978 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
The alternate forms: Songaï (10) are calculated separately.
Songai (1,665) may also be a first name.
Songai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Songai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Songai is more frequently found in Togo than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as: Songaï. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Songai? popularity and diffusion
It is the 481,056th most commonly used surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 10,515,939 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 81 percent of Songai are found; 78 percent are found in West Africa and 77 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Songai is also the 188,704th most prevalent first name world-wide. It is borne by 1,665 people.
The last name Songai is most prevalent in Togo, where it is carried by 525 people, or 1 in 13,805. Not including Togo Songai exists in 13 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 9 percent live and Japan, where 6 percent live.
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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 Songai
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