Sockanathan Surname

2,661,929th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 53 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malaysia
Highest density in:
Norway

Sockanathan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sockanathan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malaysia191:1,552,32864,490
England151:3,714,537119,675
United States91:40,273,215872,126
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
Norway41:1,285,57269,185
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861

Sockanathan Last Name Facts

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

The last name Sockanathan occurs in Malaysia more than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Sockanathan.

How Common Is The Last Name Sockanathan? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 2,661,929th most frequently used surname globally It is held by around 1 in 137,500,866 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 38 percent of Sockanathan are found; 38 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 36 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia.

This surname is most commonly occurring in Malaysia, where it is held by 19 people, or 1 in 1,552,328. In Malaysia it is mostly concentrated in: Selangor, where 89 percent reside and Perak, where 11 percent reside. Besides Malaysia Sockanathan is found in 6 countries. It is also common in England, where 28 percent reside and The United States, where 17 percent reside.

Sockanathan Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Sockanathan surname are 28.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 75% being registered with the political party.

The amount Sockanathan earn in different countries varies notably. In Norway they earn 27.4% less than the national average, earning 251,241 kr per year; in United States they earn 6.31% less than the national average, earning $40,425 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.61% less than the national average, earning $46,898 CAD per year.

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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 Sockanathan
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