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 occurs more in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Songoi? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 422,566th most frequently occurring last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 8,887,251 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Songoi live; 98 percent live in East Africa and 89 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Songoi is also the 1,068,082nd most frequent first name worldwide. It is borne by 81 people.
The surname is most common in Kenya, where it is held by 565 people, or 1 in 81,734. In Kenya it is most numerous in: Bungoma County, where 45 percent are found, Kakamega County, where 24 percent are found and Trans Nzoia County, where 17 percent are found. Apart from Kenya Songoi occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 29 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 1 percent are found.
Songoi Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Songoi last name is predominantly 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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