Sockalingam Surname

292,450th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,307 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sri Lanka
Highest density in:
Sri Lanka

Sockalingam Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sockalingam Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sri Lanka5851:35,5704,375
Malaysia3781:78,0275,552
India621:12,372,022220,417
Singapore511:107,9944,447
Canada431:856,87466,382
Qatar341:69,3536,725
United States321:11,326,842445,236
England321:1,741,18971,393
Australia251:1,079,82861,253
South Africa161:3,386,106119,139
New Zealand121:377,36028,765
United Arab Emirates111:832,93427,512
Switzerland61:1,368,81977,571
Scotland51:1,070,76331,189
Germany41:20,126,365436,245
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628

Sockalingam (237) may also be a first name.

Sockalingam Last Name Facts

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

The surname Sockalingam (Marathi: सोालीन्घम) occurs more in Sri Lanka more than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. For other potential spellings of Sockalingam click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sockalingam? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 292,450th most prevalent last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 5,575,781 people. The surname Sockalingam occurs predominantly in Asia, where 86 percent of Sockalingam live; 50 percent live in South Asia and 50 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 581,650th most widely held first name in the world, borne by 237 people.

The last name Sockalingam is most frequently used in Sri Lanka, where it is carried by 585 people, or 1 in 35,570. Beside Sri Lanka Sockalingam exists in 20 countries. It is also found in Malaysia, where 29 percent reside and India, where 5 percent reside.

Sockalingam Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Sockalingam last name are 3.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 50% being registered with the political party.

The amount Sockalingam earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 17.95% less than the national average, earning 283,970 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 42.41% less than the national average, earning R 136,848 per year; in United States they earn 1.81% less than the national average, earning $42,367 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.28% less than the national average, earning $49,545 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Sockalingam Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sockalingam in the Marathi language
सोालीन्घमsoalinghama-

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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 Sockalingam
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