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 found most in Ghana. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Sokah.
How Common Is The Last Name Sokah? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 512,152nd most frequently used last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 11,422,486 people. The surname 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 commonly used first name in the world, held by 168 people.
This surname is most widely held in Ghana, where it is held by 416 people, or 1 in 64,954. Without taking into account Ghana this last name is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Egypt, where 24 percent are found and Indonesia, where 5 percent are found.
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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