Shoshkes Surname

5,587,209th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Israel

Shoshkes Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Shoshkes Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States101:36,245,893832,629
Israel21:4,278,817136,311

Shoshkes Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Shoshkes Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Shoshkes is more commonly found in The United States than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Shoshkes? popularity and diffusion

Shoshkes is the 5,587,209th most widely held family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 607,295,493 people. The surname is predominantly found in The Americas, where 83 percent of Shoshkes live; 83 percent live in North America and 83 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The surname Shoshkes is most frequently used in The United States, where it is carried by 10 people, or 1 in 36,245,893. In The United States Shoshkes is primarily concentrated in: New York, where 50 percent reside, New Jersey, where 30 percent reside and Indiana, where 10 percent reside. Besides The United States this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in Israel, where 17 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Shoskes9312/
Soshkes937/
Sheshkys754/
Shoshkiç751/
Schuskes751/
Shashkis751/
Shatskes751/
Seskes7135/
Soskis7133/
Sozkes719/
Chushkets711/
Shoshkich711/
Soskice6729/
Sushkis673/
Sotskis673/
Sieskes672/
Sashkis671/
Suiskes671/
Soskihs671/

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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 Shoshkes
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