Songom Surname
Approximately 48 people bear this surname
Songom Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 19 | 1:1,010,106 | 22,252 |
| Papua New Guinea | 16 | 1:509,607 | 63,542 |
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
| Malaysia | 6 | 1:4,915,704 | 170,578 |
Songom (141) may also be a first name.
Songom Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Songom Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Songom is found in Niger more than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Songom? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,808,717th most widespread surname throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 151,823,873 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 54 percent of Songom are found; 54 percent are found in West Africa and 40 percent are found in Chadic Africa. It is also the 778,371st most numerous first name in the world, borne by 141 people.
Songom is most commonly used in Niger, where it is borne by 19 people, or 1 in 1,010,106. In Niger Songom is most common in: Zinder Region, where 95 percent are found and Niamey Capital District, where 5 percent are found. Besides Niger this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 33 percent are found and Nigeria, where 15 percent are found.
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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 Songom
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