Songou Surname
Approximately 455 people bear this surname
Songou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 440 | 1:47,202 | 6,187 |
| Benin | 11 | 1:939,600 | 46,216 |
| Central African Republic | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,196 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
Songou (173) may also be a first name.
Songou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Songou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Songou is more commonly found in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Songou? popularity and diffusion
It is the 660,498th most commonly used last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 16,016,584 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Songou are found; 97 percent are found in Central Africa and 96 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 694,534th most frequent first name at a global level, held by 173 people.
The surname Songou is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is borne by 440 people, or 1 in 47,202. In Cameroon it is mostly found in: West Region, where 35 percent live, East Region, where 29 percent live and Centre Region, where 18 percent live. Without taking into account Cameroon it exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Benin, where 2 percent live and Central African Republic, where 0 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 Songou
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