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
The surname Shoku (Hindi: शोकू, Marathi: शोकु, Russian: Шоку) is found in Japan more than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Shoku click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shoku? popularity and diffusion
Shoku is the 230,964th most numerous family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 4,161,934 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 95 percent of Shoku live; 95 percent live in East Asia and 95 percent live in Nippono-Asia. It is also the 287,448th most prevalent first name on earth, held by 809 people.
The surname Shoku is most commonly occurring in Japan, where it is carried by 1,664 people, or 1 in 76,830. In Japan Shoku is most common in: Osaka Prefecture, where 17 percent live, Hiroshima Prefecture, where 11 percent live and Nara Prefecture, where 10 percent live. Apart from Japan this last name occurs in 8 countries. It is also found 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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