Shokun Surname
Approximately 798 people bear this surname
Shokun Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ukraine | 688 | 1:66,167 | 9,505 |
| Russia | 63 | 1:2,287,668 | 136,333 |
| Belarus | 26 | 1:365,425 | 38,396 |
| Nigeria | 14 | 1:12,653,054 | 227,444 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Shokun (282) may also be a first name.
Shokun Demographics
Shokun Political Affiliation
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Russia
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Shokun Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shokun Come From? nationality or country of origin
Shokun (Hindi: शोकून, Russian: Шокун) is found most frequently in Ukraine. It can appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Shokun? popularity and diffusion
It is the 431,494th most numerous family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 9,132,263 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 95 percent of Shokun reside; 95 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 95 percent reside in East Slavic Europe. It is also the 527,582nd most commonly held first name in the world It is held by 282 people.
This surname is most frequent in Ukraine, where it is carried by 688 people, or 1 in 66,167. In Ukraine it is primarily concentrated in: Sumy Oblast, where 25 percent reside, Chernihiv Oblast, where 19 percent reside and Kiev, where 12 percent reside. Not including Ukraine this last name occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in Russia, where 8 percent reside and Belarus, where 3 percent reside.
Shokun Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Shokun last name is primarily Orthodox (100%) in Russia, Orthodox (75%) in Belarus and Orthodox (82%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those holding the Shokun last name are 9.27% more likely to be registered with the United Russia Party than the national average, with 37.5% being registered with the party.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shokun Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shokun in the Hindi language | ||
| शोकून | sokuna | - |
| Shokun in the Russian language | ||
| Шокун | sokun | - |
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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 Shokun
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