Songu Surname
Approximately 2,519 people bear this surname
Songu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 2,112 | 1:83,874 | 5,922 |
| DR Congo | 137 | 1:539,267 | 42,095 |
| Uganda | 92 | 1:424,340 | 25,938 |
| Liberia | 51 | 1:86,442 | 7,100 |
| India | 43 | 1:17,838,730 | 274,051 |
| England | 22 | 1:2,532,639 | 91,802 |
| United States | 20 | 1:18,122,947 | 588,089 |
| Papua New Guinea | 17 | 1:479,630 | 60,627 |
| Sierra Leone | 16 | 1:443,102 | 516 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
Songu (243) may also be a first name.
Songu Demographics
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Songu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Songu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Songu (Hindi: सोंगू, Marathi: सोमु) occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Songu? popularity and diffusion
It is the 171,018th most frequently held surname on earth, held by around 1 in 2,893,031 people. The surname Songu is predominantly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Songu are found; 87 percent are found in West Africa and 84 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Songu is also the 573,164th most frequently used first name globally, held by 243 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 2,112 people, or 1 in 83,874. In Nigeria Songu is most numerous in: Benue, where 87 percent live, Nasarawa, where 3 percent live and Federal Capital Territory, where 2 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria this last name occurs in 16 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 5 percent live and Uganda, where 4 percent live.
Songu Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Songu last name is predominantly Christian (99%) in Nigeria.
In The United States Songu are 10.37% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 57.14% registered with the political party.
Songu earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 11.31% less than the national average, earning $38,271 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Songu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Songu in the Marathi language | ||
| सोमु | somu | - |
| Songu in the Hindi language | ||
| सोंगू | songu | 66.67 |
| सोंगु | songu | 33.33 |
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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 Songu
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