Songbe Surname
Approximately 149 people bear this surname
Songbe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 130 | 1:79,505 | 9,420 |
| Cameroon | 7 | 1:2,967,010 | 123,373 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Songbe (13) may also be a first name.
Songbe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Songbe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Songbe is found in Benin more than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Songbe? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,441,361st most frequent family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 48,909,704 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Songbe reside; 89 percent reside in West Africa and 88 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,159,357th most widely held forename worldwide, borne by 13 people.
This last name is most widespread in Benin, where it is held by 130 people, or 1 in 79,505. In Benin Songbe is primarily concentrated in: Zou Department, where 60 percent reside, Littoral Department, where 22 percent reside and Ouémé Department, where 9 percent reside. Without taking into account Benin Songbe is found in 12 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 5 percent reside and France, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Songbe
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