Songwa Surname
Approximately 917 people bear this surname
Songwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 366 | 1:56,746 | 7,326 |
| Kenya | 359 | 1:128,635 | 10,601 |
| DR Congo | 137 | 1:539,267 | 42,095 |
| Tanzania | 17 | 1:3,114,213 | 50,054 |
| Zimbabwe | 14 | 1:1,102,731 | 66,551 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| Zambia | 5 | 1:3,169,984 | 35,680 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Songwa (390) may also be a first name.
Songwa Demographics
Songwa Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Songwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Songwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Songwa is borne by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Songwa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Songwa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 387,068th most frequently used surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 7,947,160 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Songwa are found; 55 percent are found in Central Africa and 55 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 438,463rd most common first name worldwide, borne by 390 people.
It is most frequently occurring in Cameroon, where it is borne by 366 people, or 1 in 56,746. In Cameroon it is primarily found in: Centre Region, where 30 percent are found, Northwest Region, where 23 percent are found and Littoral Region, where 20 percent are found. Outside of Cameroon Songwa is found in 15 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 39 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 15 percent are found.
Songwa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Songwa surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Songwa
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