El Sokhan Surname
Approximately 1,320 people bear this surname
El Sokhan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lebanon | 893 | 1:6,313 | 1,057 |
| Jordan | 317 | 1:27,894 | 3,648 |
| Palestine | 85 | 1:53,516 | 5,288 |
| Syria | 19 | 1:1,015,843 | 6,722 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| Yemen | 2 | 1:13,212,647 | 40,633 |
El Sokhan Demographics
El Sokhan Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
El Sokhan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name El Sokhan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name El Sokhan is borne by more people in Lebanon than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name El Sokhan? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 290,184th most frequent last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 5,520,868 people. This surname is primarily found in Asia, where 100 percent of El Sokhan live; 100 percent live in West Asia and 100 percent live in Levant.
The surname is most frequently used in Lebanon, where it is carried by 893 people, or 1 in 6,313. In Lebanon it is mostly concentrated in: Mount Lebanon Governorate, where 88 percent are found, Beirut Governorate, where 6 percent are found and North Governorate, where 2 percent are found. Other than Lebanon this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Jordan, where 24 percent are found and Palestine, where 6 percent are found.
El Sokhan Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the El Sokhan last name is chiefly Maronite (95%) in Lebanon.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| El Sokhon | 89 | 1 | / |
| El Sakhan | 89 | 1 | / |
| El Sakan | 82 | 1,007 | / |
| El Shajan | 78 | 397 | / |
| El Sakaan | 78 | 200 | / |
| El Soujan | 78 | 50 | / |
| El-Sokhon | 78 | 3 | / |
| El Shakan | 78 | 1 | / |
| El Shadkham | 70 | 29 | / |
| El Sukoon | 67 | 275 | / |
| El Saqaan | 67 | 9 | / |
| El-Sakaan | 67 | 8 | / |
| El Zakham | 67 | 4 | / |
| El Sacaan | 67 | 1 | / |
| El Chakham | 63 | 9 | / |
| El-Saskaan | 63 | 3 | / |
| El Shakasim | 60 | 1 | / |
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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
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- 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 El Sokhan
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