Songei Surname
Approximately 13 people bear this surname
Songei Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 9 | 1:5,131,100 | 45,516 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Songei Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Songei Come From? nationality or country of origin
Songei is carried by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Songei? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 5,391,485th most commonly held surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 560,580,455 people. The last name Songei occurs mostly in Africa, where 77 percent of Songei reside; 77 percent reside in East Africa and 69 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
The surname Songei is most commonly occurring in Kenya, where it is held by 9 people, or 1 in 5,131,100. In Kenya it is primarily found in: Nandi County, where 100 percent are found. Apart from Kenya it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Taiwan, where 23 percent are found and Tanzania, where 8 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 Songei
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