Shoks Surname

4,908,606th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 16 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Kuwait

Shoks Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Shoks Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria141:12,653,054227,444
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

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 be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Shoks? popularity and diffusion

The surname Shoks is the 4,908,606th most numerous last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 455,471,620 people. Shoks occurs predominantly in Africa, where 94 percent of Shoks are found; 88 percent are found in West Africa and 88 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The last name Shoks is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is carried by 14 people, or 1 in 12,653,054. In Nigeria Shoks is most frequent in: Plateau, where 100 percent live. Apart from Nigeria it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Kuwait, where 6 percent live and South Africa, where 6 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Shooks91356/
Shocks9164/
Soks8935/
Schooks837/
Schocks832/
Socks80282/
Shaks80191/
Sheks8041/
Shuks8025/
Sooks807/
Soiks806/
Souks802/
Sokhs801/
Sioks801/
Sheeks731,204/
Shakhs73312/
Shacks73132/
Chokse7385/
Schuks7365/
Schaks7362/
Scheks7338/
Shucks7329/
Sheksh7319/
Shaksh7317/
Soikes7310/
Shekhs739/
Shukst735/
Shaeks733/
Schogs732/
Shukse732/
Chokst732/
Chojks731/
Schokx731/
Shauks731/
Shakse731/
Shecks731/
Soucks730/
Soocks730/
Saks675,191/
Seks67326/
Choukse67241/
Schaeks67115/
Schacks6744/
Suks6731/
Säks6724/
Sokz6719/
Schaaks6718/
Schucks6712/
Shukhse674/
Shakshe673/
Shox672/
Soksova672/
Soxs672/
Schecks672/
Shaacks671/
Shekhsh671/
Sheecks671/
Scheeks671/
Shchuks671/
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Shoks Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Shoks in the Russian language
Шоксsoks-

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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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