Sokai Surname
Approximately 319 people bear this surname
Sokai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 166 | 1:770,146 | 17,811 |
| Papua New Guinea | 92 | 1:88,627 | 11,768 |
| Liberia | 38 | 1:116,014 | 8,917 |
| Solomon Islands | 6 | 1:96,672 | 18,437 |
| Algeria | 4 | 1:9,657,888 | 64,782 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Sokai (2,017) may also be a first name.
Sokai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sokai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sokai (Hindi: सोकई, Marathi: सोकइ, Russian: Сокаи) is most common in Japan. It can appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sokai? popularity and diffusion
It is the 855,216th most widespread surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 22,844,972 people. The surname Sokai occurs mostly in Asia, where 54 percent of Sokai are found; 52 percent are found in East Asia and 52 percent are found in Nippono-Asia. It is also the 168,228th most numerous given name globally, held by 2,017 people.
It is most frequently used in Japan, where it is carried by 166 people, or 1 in 770,146. In Japan it is primarily concentrated in: Hyōgo Prefecture, where 39 percent reside, Gifu Prefecture, where 31 percent reside and Aichi Prefecture, where 23 percent reside. Besides Japan it occurs in 12 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 29 percent reside and Liberia, where 12 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sokai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sokai in the Marathi language | ||
| सोकइ | soka'i | - |
| Sokai in the Hindi language | ||
| सोकई | soka'i | 83.33 |
| सोकइ | soka'i | 16.67 |
| Sokai in the Russian language | ||
| Сокаи | sokai | - |
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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 Sokai
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