Songela Surname
Approximately 958 people bear this surname
Songela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 618 | 1:85,666 | 8,702 |
| DR Congo | 253 | 1:292,014 | 26,830 |
| South Africa | 61 | 1:888,159 | 57,770 |
| Zimbabwe | 9 | 1:1,715,360 | 84,476 |
| Zambia | 8 | 1:1,981,240 | 32,669 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
Songela (144) may also be a first name.
Songela Demographics
Average Songela Salary in
South Africa
R 65,976
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Songela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Songela Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Songela (Marathi: सोनगेला) is carried by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Songela? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 374,029th most commonly held surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 7,607,042 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Songela live; 65 percent live in East Africa and 65 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 769,375th most frequently occurring first name world-wide, held by 144 people.
The last name is most frequently used in Tanzania, where it is borne by 618 people, or 1 in 85,666. In Tanzania Songela is primarily found in: Mbeya Region, where 81 percent live, Morogoro Region, where 15 percent live and Simiyu Region, where 1 percent live. Beside Tanzania this surname exists in 6 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 26 percent live and South Africa, where 6 percent live.
Songela Last Name Statistics demography
Songela earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 72.24% less than the national average, earning R 65,976 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Songela Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Songela in the Marathi language | ||
| सोनगेला | sonagela | - |
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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 Songela
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