Songoni Surname
Approximately 162 people bear this surname
Songoni Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 105 | 1:371,803 | 23,930 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| India | 14 | 1:54,790,384 | 527,769 |
| Kenya | 8 | 1:5,772,488 | 50,256 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Songoni (12) may also be a first name.
Songoni Demographics
Songoni Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Songoni Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Songoni Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Songoni is held by more people in Uganda than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Songoni? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,364,059th most commonly used family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 44,984,851 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 91 percent of Songoni reside; 70 percent reside in East Africa and 57 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 3,306,491st most widespread first name world-wide, held by 12 people.
The surname Songoni is most commonly occurring in Uganda, where it is borne by 105 people, or 1 in 371,803. In Uganda it is most frequent in: Manafwa District, where 86 percent live, Bulambuli District, where 9 percent live and Kampala District, where 1 percent live. Barring Uganda this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 21 percent live and India, where 9 percent live.
Songoni Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing 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 Songoni
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