Sokani Surname
Approximately 625 people bear this surname
Sokani Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 272 | 1:199,183 | 21,377 |
| Malawi | 235 | 1:72,847 | 9,384 |
| DR Congo | 68 | 1:1,086,464 | 68,260 |
| India | 27 | 1:28,409,829 | 361,298 |
| Indonesia | 9 | 1:14,694,355 | 460,137 |
| Malaysia | 5 | 1:5,898,845 | 196,803 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Sokani (245) may also be a first name.
Sokani Demographics
Average Sokani Salary in
South Africa
R 105,732
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Sokani Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sokani Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sokani (Hindi: सोकनी, Marathi: सोकनी, Oriya: େସାକନୀ) occurs in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Sokani.
How Common Is The Last Name Sokani? popularity and diffusion
Sokani is the 520,629th most commonly used surname throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 11,660,073 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 93 percent of Sokani live; 81 percent live in Southern Africa and 81 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 570,604th most commonly held first name worldwide. It is borne by 245 people.
The last name is most prevalent in South Africa, where it is carried by 272 people, or 1 in 199,183. In South Africa Sokani is most prevalent in: Eastern Cape, where 64 percent live, Western Cape, where 18 percent live and Gauteng, where 11 percent live. Other than South Africa Sokani occurs in 12 countries. It also occurs in Malawi, where 38 percent live and The DR Congo, where 11 percent live.
Sokani Last Name Statistics demography
Sokani earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 55.51% less than the national average, earning R 105,732 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sokani Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sokani in the Oriya language | ||
| େସାକନୀ | esakani | - |
| Sokani in the Marathi language | ||
| सोकनी | sokani | 77.78 |
| सोकानी | sokani | 11.11 |
| सोकना | sokana | 11.11 |
| Sokani in the Hindi language | ||
| सोकनी | sokani | 66.67 |
| सोकानी | sokani | 33.33 |
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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 Sokani
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