Songar Surname
Approximately 189 people bear this surname
Songar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 143 | 1:5,364,094 | 131,111 |
| Liberia | 24 | 1:183,689 | 12,460 |
| Turkey | 10 | 1:7,782,142 | 126,629 |
| Indonesia | 6 | 1:22,041,532 | 555,748 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
Songar (22) may also be a first name.
Songar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Songar Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Songar (Hindi: सोंगर, Marathi: गर) is carried by more people in India than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Songar.
How Common Is The Last Name Songar? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,231,034th most numerous last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 38,558,444 people. It is predominantly found in Asia, where 83 percent of Songar are found; 76 percent are found in South Asia and 75 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 2,301,746th most commonly occurring forename worldwide. It is borne by 22 people.
It is most commonly occurring in India, where it is borne by 143 people, or 1 in 5,364,094. In India it is most frequent in: Maharashtra, where 73 percent live, Karnataka, where 6 percent live and Uttar Pradesh, where 6 percent live. Not including India this last name is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in Liberia, where 13 percent live and Turkey, where 5 percent live.
Songar Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Songar has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Songar surname declined 40 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Songar Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Songar in the Hindi language | ||
| सोंगर | songara | 66.67 |
| सोनगर | sonagara | 33.33 |
| Songar in the Marathi language | ||
| गर | gara | 65.57 |
| सगर | sagara | 6.56 |
| सोनगार | sonagara | 6.56 |
| सोनगर | sonagara | 6.56 |
| सोगर | sogara | 4.92 |
| सोन्गार | son'gara | 3.28 |
| सोनाराम | sonarama | 3.28 |
| सोन्गर | son'gara | 1.64 |
| सांगर | sangara | 1.64 |
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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 Songar
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