Sankoh Surname
Approximately 61,003 people bear this surname
Sankoh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sierra Leone | 53,128 | 1:133 | 22 |
| Sudan | 6,440 | 1:5,825 | 853 |
| Ghana | 623 | 1:43,372 | 4,874 |
| United States | 330 | 1:1,098,360 | 79,589 |
| England | 172 | 1:323,942 | 24,037 |
| Thailand | 131 | 1:539,224 | 92,925 |
| Australia | 38 | 1:710,413 | 47,396 |
| Liberia | 20 | 1:220,427 | 14,169 |
| Belgium | 17 | 1:676,273 | 58,718 |
| Sweden | 17 | 1:579,221 | 42,433 |
| Denmark | 12 | 1:470,393 | 30,183 |
| Canada | 9 | 1:4,093,955 | 205,175 |
| Spain | 7 | 1:6,678,862 | 92,666 |
| Germany | 6 | 1:13,417,576 | 340,600 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Benin | 4 | 1:2,583,900 | 73,293 |
| Gambia | 4 | 1:480,863 | 548 |
| Greece | 4 | 1:2,769,948 | 101,568 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| Finland | 3 | 1:1,832,234 | 57,803 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Senegal | 3 | 1:4,859,781 | 6,822 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Netherlands | 3 | 1:5,629,059 | 132,535 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
Sankoh (20) may also be a first name.
Sankoh Demographics
Average Sankoh Salary in
United States
$44,024 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Sankoh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sankoh Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sankoh (Arabic: سانكوه, Marathi: संकोच) is carried by more people in Sierra Leone than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sankoh? popularity and diffusion
Sankoh is the 9,297th most frequent surname at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 119,462 people. Sankoh occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Sankoh reside; 88 percent reside in West Africa and 88 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Sankoh is also the 2,446,817th most commonly occurring first name at a global level. It is borne by 20 people.
The surname is most widespread in Sierra Leone, where it is carried by 53,128 people, or 1 in 133. Aside from Sierra Leone Sankoh is found in 39 countries. It is also common in Sudan, where 11 percent reside and Ghana, where 1 percent reside.
Sankoh Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Sankoh last name are 28.59% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 81.82% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Sankoh earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 2.03% more than the national average, earning $44,024 USD per year and in Canada they earn 16.6% less than the national average, earning $41,435 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sankoh Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sankoh in the Marathi language | ||
| संकोच | sankoca | - |
| Sankoh in the Arabic language | ||
| سانكوه | sankwh | - |
| سنكو | snkw | - |
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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 Sankoh
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