Songani Surname
Approximately 100 people bear this surname
Songani Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 47 | 1:328,473 | 31,980 |
| India | 32 | 1:23,970,793 | 327,222 |
| South Africa | 7 | 1:7,739,672 | 177,858 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Songani (149) may also be a first name.
Songani Demographics
Average Songani Salary in
South Africa
R 55,560
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Songani Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Songani Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Songani (Hindi: सोंगनी, Marathi: गाणी) is more frequently found in Zimbabwe than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Songani? popularity and diffusion
The surname Songani is the 1,849,867th most commonly used family name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 72,875,459 people. The surname Songani is predominantly found in Africa, where 63 percent of Songani live; 54 percent live in Southern Africa and 54 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Songani is also the 754,880th most frequently occurring forename globally It is held by 149 people.
The last name is most frequently used in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 47 people, or 1 in 328,473. In Zimbabwe it is most frequent in: Masvingo Province, where 49 percent live, Harare Province, where 28 percent live and Mashonaland Central Province, where 21 percent live. Barring Zimbabwe this last name is found in 7 countries. It is also common in India, where 32 percent live and South Africa, where 7 percent live.
Songani Last Name Statistics demography
Songani earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 76.62% less than the national average, earning R 55,560 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Songani Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Songani in the Hindi language | ||
| सोंगनी | songani | - |
| Songani in the Marathi language | ||
| गाणी | gani | 50 |
| गणी | gani | 25 |
| गनी | gani | 25 |
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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 Songani
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