Shoks Surname
Approximately 16 people bear this surname
Shoks Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 14 | 1:12,653,054 | 227,444 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Shoks Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shoks Come From? nationality or country of origin
Shoks (Russian: Шокс) is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shoks? popularity and diffusion
Shoks is the 4,908,606th most common surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 455,471,620 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Shoks reside; 88 percent reside in West Africa and 88 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
It is most common in Nigeria, where it is held by 14 people, or 1 in 12,653,054. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Plateau, where 100 percent live. Besides Nigeria it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Kuwait, where 6 percent live and South Africa, where 6 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shooks | 91 | 356 | / |
| Shocks | 91 | 64 | / |
| Soks | 89 | 35 | / |
| Schooks | 83 | 7 | / |
| Schocks | 83 | 2 | / |
| Socks | 80 | 282 | / |
| Shaks | 80 | 191 | / |
| Sheks | 80 | 41 | / |
| Shuks | 80 | 25 | / |
| Sooks | 80 | 7 | / |
| Soiks | 80 | 6 | / |
| Souks | 80 | 2 | / |
| Sokhs | 80 | 1 | / |
| Sioks | 80 | 1 | / |
| Sheeks | 73 | 1,204 | / |
| Shakhs | 73 | 312 | / |
| Shacks | 73 | 132 | / |
| Chokse | 73 | 85 | / |
| Schuks | 73 | 65 | / |
| Schaks | 73 | 62 | / |
| Scheks | 73 | 38 | / |
| Shucks | 73 | 29 | / |
| Sheksh | 73 | 19 | / |
| Shaksh | 73 | 17 | / |
| Soikes | 73 | 10 | / |
| Shekhs | 73 | 9 | / |
| Shukst | 73 | 5 | / |
| Shaeks | 73 | 3 | / |
| Schogs | 73 | 2 | / |
| Shukse | 73 | 2 | / |
| Chokst | 73 | 2 | / |
| Chojks | 73 | 1 | / |
| Schokx | 73 | 1 | / |
| Shauks | 73 | 1 | / |
| Shakse | 73 | 1 | / |
| Shecks | 73 | 1 | / |
| Soucks | 73 | 0 | / |
| Soocks | 73 | 0 | / |
| Saks | 67 | 5,191 | / |
| Seks | 67 | 326 | / |
| Choukse | 67 | 241 | / |
| Schaeks | 67 | 115 | / |
| Schacks | 67 | 44 | / |
| Suks | 67 | 31 | / |
| Säks | 67 | 24 | / |
| Sokz | 67 | 19 | / |
| Schaaks | 67 | 18 | / |
| Schucks | 67 | 12 | / |
| Shukhse | 67 | 4 | / |
| Shakshe | 67 | 3 | / |
| Shox | 67 | 2 | / |
| Soksova | 67 | 2 | / |
| Soxs | 67 | 2 | / |
| Schecks | 67 | 2 | / |
| Shaacks | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shekhsh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sheecks | 67 | 1 | / |
| Scheeks | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shchuks | 67 | 1 | / |
Shoks Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shoks in the Russian language | ||
| Шокс | soks | - |
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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 Shoks
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