Songyou Surname

4,532,898th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 19 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Taiwan
Highest density in:
Taiwan

Songyou Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Songyou Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Taiwan141:1,674,62511,030
Thailand31:23,546,115908,588
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Songyou (13,067) may also be a first name.

Songyou Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Songyou Come From? nationality or country of origin

Songyou is borne by more people in Taiwan than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Songyou? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 4,532,898th most frequently used family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 383,555,048 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 89 percent of Songyou live; 74 percent live in East Asia and 74 percent live in Sino-East Asia. Songyou is also the 51,104th most frequently held first name globally. It is borne by 13,067 people.

This surname is most frequently used in Taiwan, where it is held by 14 people, or 1 in 1,674,625. In Taiwan it is most prevalent in: Kaohsiung City, where 29 percent reside, Keelung City, where 14 percent reside and Taichung City, where 14 percent reside. Aside from Taiwan this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Thailand, where 16 percent reside and Brazil, where 5 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Songyo92103/
Songyu9246/
Songyoy864/
Songyoi863/
Sangyou861/
Shangyou804/
Sangyu77362/
Sangyo7799/
Songya7728/
Songyai71753/
Sondjou7119/
Shangyo7117/
Sangyoy7112/
Sangyoi7110/
Shangyu718/
Sangyuy717/
Soongya714/
Sondoyu714/
Soongyai6723/
Soundjou675/
Shangyuh671/
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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 Songyou
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis