Songoyi Surname
Approximately 534 people bear this surname
Songoyi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 510 | 1:103,807 | 10,138 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Songoyi (243) may also be a first name.
Songoyi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Songoyi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Songoyi occurs in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Songoyi? popularity and diffusion
The surname Songoyi is the 585,898th most common surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 13,647,090 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Songoyi reside; 96 percent reside in East Africa and 96 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Songoyi is also the 573,164th most widely held first name globally. It is borne by 243 people.
The last name is most frequently held in Tanzania, where it is borne by 510 people, or 1 in 103,807. In Tanzania Songoyi is most frequent in: Simiyu Region, where 76 percent reside, Shinyanga Region, where 20 percent reside and Mara Region, where 1 percent reside. Besides Tanzania this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 4 percent reside and Kenya, where 0 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 Songoyi
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