Songony Surname
Approximately 174 people bear this surname
Songony Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 173 | 1:266,936 | 17,720 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Songony Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Songony Come From? nationality or country of origin
Songony has its highest incidence in Kenya. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Songony? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,300,225th most numerous family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 41,882,448 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Songony are found; 99 percent are found in East Africa and 96 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
Songony is most frequently occurring in Kenya, where it is carried by 173 people, or 1 in 266,936. In Kenya Songony is primarily concentrated in: Nandi County, where 59 percent reside, Uasin Gishu County, where 36 percent reside and Trans Nzoia County, where 2 percent reside. Excluding Kenya this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Songony
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