Sokah Surname
Approximately 638 people bear this surname
Sokah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 416 | 1:64,954 | 6,785 |
| Egypt | 153 | 1:600,887 | 32,813 |
| Indonesia | 35 | 1:3,778,548 | 197,284 |
| Liberia | 29 | 1:152,018 | 10,911 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Sokah (168) may also be a first name.
Sokah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sokah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sokah (Arabic: سوكه) is held by more people in Ghana than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sokah? popularity and diffusion
Sokah is the 512,152nd most frequently used surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 11,422,486 people. Sokah is mostly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Sokah are found; 70 percent are found in West Africa and 65 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Sokah is also the 705,855th most frequently used given name at a global level, held by 168 people.
The last name Sokah is most commonly occurring in Ghana, where it is held by 416 people, or 1 in 64,954. Outside of Ghana this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Egypt, where 24 percent reside and Indonesia, where 5 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sokah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sokah in the Arabic language | ||
| سوكه | swkh | - |
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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 Sokah
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