Shoken Surname
Approximately 7,598 people bear this surname
Shoken Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 7,512 | 1:17,019 | 2,026 |
| Kazakhstan | 30 | 1:589,417 | 41,433 |
| India | 27 | 1:28,409,829 | 361,298 |
| United States | 23 | 1:15,759,084 | 542,937 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 1:2,825,289 | 17,010 |
Shoken (95,773) may also be a first name.
Shoken Demographics
Average Shoken Salary in
United States
$23,571 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Shoken Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shoken Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Shoken (Bengali: শোকেন, Hindi: शोकीन, Marathi: शोकेन, Russian: Шокен) is carried by more people in Japan than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Shoken? popularity and diffusion
Shoken is the 65,669th most commonly used family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 959,140 people. The last name is mostly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Shoken reside; 99 percent reside in East Asia and 99 percent reside in Nippono-Asia. It is also the 10,594th most numerous first name at a global level. It is borne by 95,773 people.
Shoken is most frequently occurring in Japan, where it is borne by 7,512 people, or 1 in 17,019. In Japan it is mostly concentrated in: Ibaraki Prefecture, where 22 percent live, Tokyo Metropolis, where 13 percent live and Gunma Prefecture, where 10 percent live. Not including Japan this surname is found in 8 countries. It is also found in Kazakhstan, where 0 percent live and India, where 0 percent live.
Shoken Last Name Statistics demography
Shoken earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 45.37% less than the national average, earning $23,571 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shoken Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shoken in the Bengali language | ||
| শোকেন | sokena | - |
| Shoken in the Marathi language | ||
| शोकेन | sokena | - |
| Shoken in the Hindi language | ||
| शोकीन | sokina | 44.44 |
| शोकिन | sokina | 33.33 |
| शोकेन | sokena | 22.22 |
| Shoken in the Russian language | ||
| Шокен | soken | - |
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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 Shoken
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