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
The last name Soeke has its highest incidence in South Africa. It may also occur as:. For other potential spellings of Soeke click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Soeke? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 4,649,889th most frequently occurring surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 404,863,662 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 61 percent of Soeke reside; 61 percent reside in Southern Africa and 61 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,523,061st most commonly held given name globally. It is borne by 19 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in South Africa, where it is borne by 11 people, or 1 in 4,925,246. In South Africa Soeke is most prevalent in: Mpumalanga, where 100 percent live. Apart from South Africa this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 33 percent live and Bulgaria, where 6 percent live.
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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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