Sockan Surname
Approximately 31 people bear this surname
Sockan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 15 | 1:1,966,282 | 78,777 |
| Liberia | 8 | 1:551,067 | 25,208 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Sockan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sockan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sockan is borne by more people in Malaysia than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sockan? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,543,123rd most commonly occurring last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 235,082,126 people. The last name Sockan occurs mostly in Asia, where 65 percent of Sockan reside; 48 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 48 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia.
This last name is most frequently held in Malaysia, where it is held by 15 people, or 1 in 1,966,282. In Malaysia it is most common in: Selangor, where 60 percent reside, Perak, where 33 percent reside and Negeri Sembilan, where 7 percent reside. Barring Malaysia this surname exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Liberia, where 26 percent reside and The United Arab Emirates, where 13 percent reside.
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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 Sockan
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