Songoi Surname
Approximately 820 people bear this surname
Songoi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 565 | 1:81,734 | 7,523 |
| Tanzania | 235 | 1:225,283 | 18,694 |
| Papua New Guinea | 10 | 1:815,372 | 88,623 |
| Togo | 4 | 1:1,811,942 | 8,122 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Songoi (81) may also be a first name.
Songoi Demographics
Songoi Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Songoi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Songoi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Songoi is more frequently found in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Songoi? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 422,566th most common surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 8,887,251 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Songoi reside; 98 percent reside in East Africa and 89 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,068,082nd most prevalent first name worldwide. It is borne by 81 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Kenya, where it is carried by 565 people, or 1 in 81,734. In Kenya Songoi is most common in: Bungoma County, where 45 percent reside, Kakamega County, where 24 percent reside and Trans Nzoia County, where 17 percent reside. Apart from Kenya this last name occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 29 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 1 percent reside.
Songoi Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Songoi
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