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 last name Songoa is carried by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Songoa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,255,512th most prevalent surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 102,641,492 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 54 percent of Songoa reside; 46 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 46 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 2,694,839th most commonly occurring first name globally It is held by 17 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 33 people, or 1 in 247,082. In Papua New Guinea Songoa is mostly found in: Morobe, where 97 percent reside. Aside from Papua New Guinea it is found in 4 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 30 percent reside and Uganda, where 21 percent reside.
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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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