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
Songwa is found most in Cameroon. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Songwa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 387,068th most frequently occurring surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 7,947,160 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Songwa reside; 55 percent reside in Central Africa and 55 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 438,463rd most frequently occurring first name throughout the world It is held by 390 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 366 people, or 1 in 56,746. In Cameroon it is most frequent in: Centre Region, where 30 percent reside, Northwest Region, where 23 percent reside and Littoral Region, where 20 percent reside. Besides Cameroon this last name is found in 15 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 39 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 15 percent reside.
Songwa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Songwa last name is predominantly 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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