Sokalingam Surname

1,649,806th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 121 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malaysia
Highest density in:
Malaysia

Sokalingam Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sokalingam Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malaysia781:378,13119,929
South Africa371:1,464,26276,407
England21:27,859,030389,889
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Guyana11:762,22114,420
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Sokalingam (25) may also be a first name.

Sokalingam Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Sokalingam Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Sokalingam (Marathi: सोकािंलगम) has its highest incidence in Malaysia. It can be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Sokalingam? popularity and diffusion

The surname Sokalingam is the 1,649,806th most prevalent surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 60,227,652 people. The last name Sokalingam is mostly found in Asia, where 65 percent of Sokalingam are found; 65 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 64 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Sokalingam is also the 2,136,160th most commonly held first name on earth, borne by 25 people.

The surname is most widely held in Malaysia, where it is carried by 78 people, or 1 in 378,131. In Malaysia it is primarily concentrated in: Perak, where 41 percent are found, Selangor, where 28 percent are found and Penang, where 14 percent are found. Apart from Malaysia Sokalingam exists in 6 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 31 percent are found and England, where 2 percent are found.

Sokalingam Last Name Statistics demography

Sokalingam earn a lot more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 37.96% more than the national average, earning R 327,852 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Sokalingam Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sokalingam in the Marathi language
सोकािंलगमsokainlagama-

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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 Sokalingam
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