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 last name Sankoh (Arabic: سانكوه, Marathi: संकोच) has its highest incidence in Sierra Leone. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Sankoh.
How Common Is The Last Name Sankoh? popularity and diffusion
The surname Sankoh is the 9,297th most frequently used family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 119,462 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Sankoh live; 88 percent live in West Africa and 88 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,446,817th most prevalent first name internationally It is held by 20 people.
This last name is most frequently held in Sierra Leone, where it is held by 53,128 people, or 1 in 133. Apart from Sierra Leone it exists in 39 countries. It also occurs in Sudan, where 11 percent are found and Ghana, where 1 percent are found.
Sankoh Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Sankoh last name are 28.59% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 81.82% being registered to vote for the 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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