Shokare Surname
Approximately 442 people bear this surname
Shokare Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 330 | 1:536,796 | 26,334 |
| Japan | 112 | 1:1,141,467 | 21,422 |
Shokare (69) may also be a first name.
Shokare Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shokare Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Shokare is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shokare? popularity and diffusion
Shokare is the 675,256th most commonly occurring last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 16,487,660 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 75 percent of Shokare live; 75 percent live in West Africa and 75 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Shokare is also the 1,171,416th most widely held first name internationally. It is borne by 69 people.
This last name is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 330 people, or 1 in 536,796. In Nigeria it is most common in: Delta, where 84 percent are found, Edo, where 4 percent are found and Lagos, where 4 percent are found. Barring Nigeria it is found in one country. It is also common in Japan, where 25 percent are found.
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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 Shokare
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