Songoy Surname
Approximately 67 people bear this surname
Songoy Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 66 | 1:802,146 | 42,626 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Songoy Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Songoy Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Songoy occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Songoy? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,333,370th most frequently held family name globally, borne by around 1 in 108,769,342 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Songoy reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 99 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
The last name is most common in Tanzania, where it is carried by 66 people, or 1 in 802,146. In Tanzania Songoy is mostly concentrated in: Arusha Region, where 98 percent live and Morogoro Region, where 2 percent live. Without taking into account Tanzania Songoy occurs in one country. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 1 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 Songoy
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