Soeke Surname
Approximately 18 people bear this surname
Soeke Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 11 | 1:4,925,246 | 143,631 |
| Brazil | 6 | 1:35,679,055 | 486,536 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
Soeke (19) may also be a first name.
Soeke Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Soeke Come From? nationality or country of origin
Soeke is held by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Soeke? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 4,649,889th most frequently held family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 404,863,662 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 61 percent of Soeke live; 61 percent live in Southern Africa and 61 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,523,061st most prevalent first name on earth, borne by 19 people.
This last name is most widespread in South Africa, where it is carried by 11 people, or 1 in 4,925,246. In South Africa Soeke is primarily found in: Mpumalanga, where 100 percent are found. Other than South Africa Soeke occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 33 percent are found and Bulgaria, where 6 percent are found.
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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 Soeke
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