Songoni Surname

1,364,059th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 162 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Songoni Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Songoni Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda1051:371,80323,930
DR Congo341:2,172,929106,971
India141:54,790,384527,769
Kenya81:5,772,48850,256
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Songoni (12) may also be a first name.

Songoni Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Songoni Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Songoni occurs more in Uganda more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Songoni? popularity and diffusion

Songoni is the 1,364,059th most frequently held last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 44,984,851 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 91 percent of Songoni are found; 70 percent are found in East Africa and 57 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 3,306,491st most frequently used first name internationally It is held by 12 people.

The surname is most commonly held in Uganda, where it is carried by 105 people, or 1 in 371,803. In Uganda Songoni is most frequent in: Manafwa District, where 86 percent are found, Bulambuli District, where 9 percent are found and Kampala District, where 1 percent are found. Beside Uganda Songoni occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 21 percent are found and India, where 9 percent are found.

Songoni Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is principally 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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