Songwe Surname
Approximately 8,690 people bear this surname
Songwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 4,579 | 1:3,461 | 434 |
| DR Congo | 2,257 | 1:32,734 | 4,066 |
| Malawi | 1,281 | 1:13,364 | 2,088 |
| Tanzania | 247 | 1:214,339 | 17,954 |
| Zimbabwe | 209 | 1:73,867 | 10,930 |
| Cameroon | 69 | 1:301,001 | 28,076 |
| Botswana | 22 | 1:99,406 | 15,343 |
| United States | 13 | 1:27,881,456 | 736,413 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
Songwe (511) may also be a first name.
Songwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Songwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Songwe is borne by more people in Zambia than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Songwe? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 58,228th most commonly occurring family name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 838,613 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Songwe are found; 70 percent are found in Southern Africa and 70 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Songwe is also the 374,142nd most common forename world-wide It is held by 511 people.
This last name is most prevalent in Zambia, where it is carried by 4,579 people, or 1 in 3,461. In Zambia Songwe is primarily found in: Luapula Province, where 42 percent live, Copperbelt Province, where 21 percent live and Northern Province, where 19 percent live. Beside Zambia this last name exists in 16 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 26 percent live and Malawi, where 15 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 Songwe
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