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
Average Sokan Salary in
United States
$34,925 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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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 held by more people in Liberia than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sokan? popularity and diffusion
It is the 220,331st most common family name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 3,930,715 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 64 percent of Sokan are found; 64 percent are found in West Africa and 53 percent are found in Anglo-West Africa. It is also the 314,325th most prevalent first name at a global level, borne by 692 people.
The surname Sokan is most common in Liberia, where it is carried by 988 people, or 1 in 4,462. In Liberia Sokan is mostly found in: Sinoe County, where 30 percent live, Montserrado County, where 27 percent live and River Gee County, where 24 percent live. Other than Liberia this surname occurs in 25 countries. It is also common in Thailand, where 14 percent live and Nigeria, where 10 percent live.
Sokan Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Sokan are 32.48% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 85.71% registered with the 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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