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
The last name Songo (Russian: Сонго) is borne by more people in The DR Congo than any other country or territory. It may also be found as: Sòngó. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Songo? popularity and diffusion
The last name Songo is the 23,478th most numerous family name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 315,902 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Songo live; 42 percent live in Central Africa and 42 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 139,965th most frequent forename in the world, borne by 2,730 people.
The last name is most common in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 8,284 people, or 1 in 8,918. Besides The DR Congo Songo exists in 59 countries. It is also found in Angola, where 21 percent live and South Africa, where 10 percent live.
Songo Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Songo has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Songo 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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