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
Songom occurs most in Niger. It may occur as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Songom? popularity and diffusion
Songom is the 2,808,717th most widely held surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 151,823,873 people. The last name is primarily 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 prevalent first name world-wide, held by 141 people.
The surname is most widespread in Niger, where it is borne by 19 people, or 1 in 1,010,106. In Niger Songom is mostly concentrated in: Zinder Region, where 95 percent live and Niamey Capital District, where 5 percent live. Aside from Niger this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 33 percent live and Nigeria, where 15 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 Songom
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