Songo Surname
Approximately 23,069 people bear this surname
Songo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 8,284 | 1:8,918 | 1,105 |
| Angola | 4,733 | 1:5,702 | 788 |
| South Africa | 2,390 | 1:22,668 | 2,875 |
| Tanzania | 1,956 | 1:27,066 | 3,268 |
| Nigeria | 1,479 | 1:119,772 | 7,914 |
| Cameroon | 1,165 | 1:17,828 | 2,435 |
| Zimbabwe | 793 | 1:19,468 | 2,895 |
| Uganda | 425 | 1:91,857 | 9,478 |
| Malawi | 340 | 1:50,350 | 7,017 |
| Congo | 300 | 1:16,630 | 2,023 |
| France | 217 | 1:306,095 | 46,684 |
| Papua New Guinea | 199 | 1:40,973 | 4,986 |
| Indonesia | 161 | 1:821,424 | 62,240 |
| Vietnam | 112 | 1:827,197 | 1,752 |
| Ivory Coast | 81 | 1:284,830 | 10,886 |
| Zambia | 71 | 1:223,238 | 14,032 |
| Burkina Faso | 54 | 1:339,854 | 5,698 |
| Brazil | 49 | 1:4,368,864 | 116,514 |
| Botswana | 28 | 1:78,105 | 13,263 |
| Sierra Leone | 25 | 1:283,585 | 406 |
| Benin | 23 | 1:449,374 | 31,324 |
| England | 22 | 1:2,532,639 | 91,802 |
| Thailand | 21 | 1:3,363,731 | 310,277 |
| Kenya | 19 | 1:2,430,521 | 36,895 |
| Peru | 19 | 1:1,672,849 | 23,436 |
| Liberia | 14 | 1:314,895 | 17,893 |
| Ghana | 9 | 1:3,002,299 | 11,581 |
| Togo | 9 | 1:805,308 | 6,372 |
| Chad | 9 | 1:1,510,244 | 5,402 |
| Philippines | 7 | 1:14,462,603 | 238,248 |
| United States | 7 | 1:51,779,848 | 968,877 |
| Niger | 6 | 1:3,198,670 | 54,540 |
| Bangladesh | 4 | 1:39,839,193 | 17,324 |
| Namibia | 4 | 1:602,350 | 12,421 |
| Bolivia | 4 | 1:2,654,108 | 7,945 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Solomon Islands | 2 | 1:290,014 | 19,875 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Central African Republic | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,196 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Swaziland | 1 | 1:1,298,199 | 1,718 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
The alternate forms: Sòngó (1) are calculated separately.
Songo (2,730) may also be a first name.
Songo Demographics
Average Songo Salary in
United States
$68,406 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Songo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Songo Come From? nationality or country of origin
Songo (Russian: Сонго) is more commonly found in The DR Congo than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms: Sòngó. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Songo? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 23,478th most widely held family name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 315,902 people. Songo occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Songo reside; 42 percent reside in Central Africa and 42 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Songo is also the 139,965th most commonly used given name at a global level. It is borne by 2,730 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 8,284 people, or 1 in 8,918. Not including The DR Congo Songo is found in 59 countries. It is also common in Angola, where 21 percent reside and South Africa, where 10 percent reside.
Songo Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Songo has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname rose 700 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Songo Last Name Statistics demography
The amount Songo earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 31.4% less than the national average, earning R 163,008 per year and in United States they earn 58.53% more than the national average, earning $68,406 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Songo Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Songo in the Russian language | ||
| Сонго | songo | - |
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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 Songo
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