Songoun Surname
Approximately 24 people bear this surname
Songoun Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 21 | 1:8,435,369 | 179,591 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Songoun Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Songoun Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Songoun is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Songoun? popularity and diffusion
Songoun is the 4,034,050th most frequently occurring family name internationally It is held by around 1 in 303,647,746 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 92 percent of Songoun live; 88 percent live in West Africa and 88 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 21 people, or 1 in 8,435,369. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Benue, where 62 percent are found and Oyo, where 38 percent are found. Not including Nigeria this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Thailand, where 8 percent are found and Cameroon, where 4 percent are found.
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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 Songoun
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