Sokan Surname
Approximately 1,854 people bear this surname
Sokan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 988 | 1:4,462 | 549 |
| Thailand | 254 | 1:278,104 | 47,812 |
| Nigeria | 181 | 1:978,689 | 41,594 |
| Japan | 106 | 1:1,206,078 | 22,012 |
| Indonesia | 100 | 1:1,322,492 | 91,711 |
| United States | 65 | 1:5,576,291 | 276,051 |
| England | 37 | 1:1,505,893 | 64,828 |
| Iran | 33 | 1:2,326,743 | 78,121 |
| Papua New Guinea | 20 | 1:407,686 | 53,132 |
| Philippines | 18 | 1:5,624,346 | 177,167 |
| Uganda | 9 | 1:4,337,698 | 99,715 |
| Malaysia | 8 | 1:3,686,778 | 134,908 |
| Afghanistan | 7 | 1:4,593,312 | 23,122 |
| Ivory Coast | 6 | 1:3,845,205 | 48,272 |
| Cambodia | 4 | 1:3,871,786 | 9,580 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Turkey | 3 | 1:25,940,474 | 162,557 |
| Benin | 3 | 1:3,445,201 | 77,822 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
Sokan (692) may also be a first name.
Sokan Demographics
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Sokan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sokan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sokan (Hindi: सोकन, Marathi: सोकन, Russian: Сокан) is found most frequently in Liberia. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sokan? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 220,331st most numerous surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 3,930,715 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 64 percent of Sokan live; 64 percent live in West Africa and 53 percent live in Anglo-West Africa. Sokan is also the 314,325th most widely held forename globally, borne by 692 people.
The last name is most frequently held in Liberia, where it is held by 988 people, or 1 in 4,462. In Liberia it is mostly concentrated in: Sinoe County, where 30 percent reside, Montserrado County, where 27 percent reside and River Gee County, where 24 percent reside. Beside Liberia this last name is found in 25 countries. It is also common in Thailand, where 14 percent reside and Nigeria, where 10 percent reside.
Sokan Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Sokan surname are 32.48% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 85.71% being registered with the political party.
Sokan earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 19.06% less than the national average, earning $34,925 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sokan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sokan in the Marathi language | ||
| सोकन | sokana | 75 |
| सोकान | sokana | 25 |
| Sokan in the Hindi language | ||
| सोकन | sokana | 63.41 |
| सोकां | sokam | 26.83 |
| सोकण | sokana | 4.88 |
| सोकान | sokana | 2.44 |
| सोकना | sokana | 2.44 |
| Sokan in the Russian language | ||
| Сокан | sokan | - |
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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 Sokan
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