Songay Surname
Approximately 748 people bear this surname
Songay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 557 | 1:95,048 | 9,461 |
| Liberia | 178 | 1:24,767 | 2,431 |
| Philippines | 8 | 1:12,654,778 | 228,986 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Songay (12) may also be a first name.
Songay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Songay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Songay (Russian: Сонгай, Tibetan: སངྱས་) is carried by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Songay click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Songay? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 453,475th most numerous surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 9,742,708 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Songay live; 74 percent live in East Africa and 74 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,306,491st most frequently occurring given name world-wide. It is borne by 12 people.
The last name is most commonly used in Tanzania, where it is borne by 557 people, or 1 in 95,048. In Tanzania Songay is mostly found in: Manyara Region, where 69 percent are found and Arusha Region, where 31 percent are found. Outside of Tanzania it is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Liberia, where 24 percent are found and The Philippines, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Songay Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Songay in the Tibetan language | ||
| སངྱས་ | sangyé | - |
| Songay in the Russian language | ||
| Сонгай | songaj | - |
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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 Songay
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