Shokita Surname

436,213th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 787 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Japan
Highest density in:
Japan

Shokita Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Shokita Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Japan7731:165,3878,092
Russia61:24,020,509493,300
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
Peru21:15,892,06251,966
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Shokita (12) may also be a first name.

Shokita Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Shokita Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Shokita (Hindi: शोकिता, Russian: Шокита) is held by more people in Japan than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Shokita click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Shokita? popularity and diffusion

The last name Shokita is the 436,213th most frequently held family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 9,259,906 people. Shokita occurs mostly in Asia, where 99 percent of Shokita are found; 98 percent are found in East Asia and 98 percent are found in Nippono-Asia. Shokita is also the 3,306,491st most prevalent given name in the world, held by 12 people.

Shokita is most common in Japan, where it is carried by 773 people, or 1 in 165,387. In Japan it is most prevalent in: Okinawa Prefecture, where 78 percent live, Osaka Prefecture, where 12 percent live and Kanagawa Prefecture, where 5 percent live. Excluding Japan it is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Russia, where 1 percent live and Thailand, where 1 percent live.

Shokita Last Name Statistics demography

Shokita earn less than half the average income. In Peru they earn 61% less than the national average, earning S/. 7,560 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Shokita Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Shokita in the Hindi language
शोकिताsokita-
Shokita in the Russian language
Шокитаsokita-

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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 Shokita
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