Shoku Surname
Approximately 1,751 people bear this surname
Shoku Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 1,664 | 1:76,830 | 5,249 |
| Albania | 74 | 1:39,379 | 5,618 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Shoku (809) may also be a first name.
Shoku Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shoku Come From? nationality or country of origin
Shoku (Hindi: शोकू, Marathi: शोकु, Russian: Шоку) is held by more people in Japan than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Shoku click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shoku? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 230,964th most prevalent family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 4,161,934 people. The surname Shoku occurs mostly in Asia, where 95 percent of Shoku live; 95 percent live in East Asia and 95 percent live in Nippono-Asia. Shoku is also the 287,448th most widespread first name world-wide, held by 809 people.
This last name is most frequent in Japan, where it is borne by 1,664 people, or 1 in 76,830. In Japan it is most frequent in: Osaka Prefecture, where 17 percent live, Hiroshima Prefecture, where 11 percent live and Nara Prefecture, where 10 percent live. Not including Japan Shoku is found in 8 countries. It also occurs in Albania, where 4 percent live and Egypt, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shoku Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shoku in the Marathi language | ||
| शोकु | soku | - |
| Shoku in the Hindi language | ||
| शोकू | soku | 80 |
| शोकु | soku | 20 |
| Shoku in the Russian language | ||
| Шоку | soku | - |
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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 Shoku
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