Sokane Surname
Approximately 257 people bear this surname
Sokane Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 194 | 1:279,267 | 27,511 |
| Cameroon | 34 | 1:610,855 | 46,287 |
| Botswana | 22 | 1:99,406 | 15,343 |
| India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Sokane (44) may also be a first name.
Sokane Demographics
Average Sokane Salary in
South Africa
R 132,840
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Sokane Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sokane Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sokane (Marathi: सोकणे) is borne by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sokane? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 996,001st most widespread family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 28,356,210 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 97 percent of Sokane reside; 84 percent reside in Southern Africa and 84 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Sokane is also the 1,525,482nd most numerous first name throughout the world, held by 44 people.
Sokane is most frequent in South Africa, where it is held by 194 people, or 1 in 279,267. In South Africa Sokane is mostly concentrated in: Gauteng, where 36 percent are found, North West, where 28 percent are found and Limpopo, where 20 percent are found. Besides South Africa Sokane occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 13 percent are found and Botswana, where 9 percent are found.
Sokane Last Name Statistics demography
Sokane earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 44.1% less than the national average, earning R 132,840 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sokane Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sokane in the Marathi language | ||
| सोकणे | sokane | 50 |
| सोकने | sokane | 50 |
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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 Sokane
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