Songoa Surname
Approximately 71 people bear this surname
Songoa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 33 | 1:247,082 | 33,879 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Uganda | 15 | 1:2,602,619 | 75,106 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Songoa (17) may also be a first name.
Songoa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Songoa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Songoa is held by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Songoa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Songoa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,255,512th most frequently held family name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 102,641,492 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 54 percent of Songoa are found; 46 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 46 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 2,694,839th most frequently used first name globally, borne by 17 people.
It is most widely held in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 33 people, or 1 in 247,082. In Papua New Guinea it is primarily concentrated in: Morobe, where 97 percent live. Other than Papua New Guinea this surname is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 30 percent live and Uganda, where 21 percent live.
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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 Songoa
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