Sokal Surname
Approximately 3,203 people bear this surname
Sokal Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poland | 1,466 | 1:25,927 | 3,960 |
| Bangladesh | 451 | 1:353,341 | 9,758 |
| United States | 359 | 1:1,009,635 | 74,488 |
| Ukraine | 256 | 1:177,823 | 24,370 |
| India | 112 | 1:6,848,798 | 152,966 |
| Canada | 73 | 1:504,734 | 42,927 |
| Israel | 71 | 1:120,530 | 13,243 |
| Belarus | 59 | 1:161,035 | 21,792 |
| England | 51 | 1:1,092,511 | 52,584 |
| Russia | 48 | 1:3,002,564 | 162,760 |
| Brazil | 45 | 1:4,757,207 | 124,005 |
| Papua New Guinea | 39 | 1:209,070 | 28,870 |
| Belgium | 36 | 1:319,351 | 36,407 |
| Austria | 25 | 1:340,617 | 36,996 |
| Argentina | 21 | 1:2,035,401 | 100,871 |
| France | 19 | 1:3,495,933 | 219,029 |
| Croatia | 13 | 1:325,277 | 30,776 |
| Germany | 10 | 1:8,050,546 | 248,660 |
| Czechia | 6 | 1:1,772,245 | 105,647 |
| Philippines | 6 | 1:16,873,037 | 249,062 |
| Iraq | 4 | 1:8,755,414 | 23,373 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Cambodia | 3 | 1:5,162,382 | 10,688 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Moldova | 2 | 1:1,780,684 | 55,103 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Transnistria | 1 | 1:474,699 | 17,893 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Curaçao | 1 | 1:157,247 | 1,313 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
The alternate forms: Sökal (20) are calculated separately.
Sokal (693) may also be a first name.
Sokal Demographics
Sokal Political Affiliation
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Sokal Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sokal Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sokal (Hindi: सोकल, Marathi: सोकल, Russian: Сокаль) is found in Poland more than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms: Sökal. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sokal? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 139,516th most numerous family name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,275,225 people. The last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 62 percent of Sokal live; 57 percent live in Eastern Europe and 46 percent live in West Slavic Europe. It is also the 314,062nd most frequent first name worldwide, held by 693 people.
The last name is most commonly used in Poland, where it is held by 1,466 people, or 1 in 25,927. Without taking into account Poland this last name occurs in 41 countries. It also occurs in Bangladesh, where 14 percent live and The United States, where 11 percent live.
Sokal Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Sokal last name is primarily Orthodox (67%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those bearing the Sokal surname are 9.86% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 56.63% registered with the party.
The amount Sokal earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 15.97% more than the national average, earning $50,041 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.93% more than the national average, earning $51,635 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sokal Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sokal in the Marathi language | ||
| सोकल | sokala | 82.61 |
| सोकाळ | sokala | 8.7 |
| सपकाळ | sapakala | 8.7 |
| Sokal in the Hindi language | ||
| सोकल | sokala | 70 |
| सोकला | sokala | 30 |
| Sokal in the Russian language | ||
| Сокаль | sokal | - |
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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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- 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 Sokal
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