Songea Surname
Approximately 718 people bear this surname
Songea Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 504 | 1:105,043 | 10,238 |
| Malawi | 183 | 1:93,547 | 11,397 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Songea (15) may also be a first name.
Songea Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Songea Come From? nationality or country of origin
Songea occurs in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Songea? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 468,258th most prevalent family name globally, borne by around 1 in 10,149,785 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Songea are found; 70 percent are found in East Africa and 70 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,900,335th most commonly used first name at a global level It is held by 15 people.
This surname is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is carried by 504 people, or 1 in 105,043. In Tanzania it is mostly found in: Lindi Region, where 52 percent are found, Mtwara Region, where 19 percent are found and Ruvuma Region, where 13 percent are found. Barring Tanzania this last name occurs in 9 countries. It also occurs in Malawi, where 25 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 3 percent are found.
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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 Songea
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