Sokanyile Surname

308,323rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,224 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Sokanyile Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sokanyile Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1,2201:44,4085,671
England31:18,572,686338,250
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

Sokanyile Last Name Facts

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

Sokanyile has its highest incidence in South Africa. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Sokanyile? popularity and diffusion

Sokanyile is the 308,323rd most frequently occurring surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 5,953,877 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Sokanyile reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

It is most prevalent in South Africa, where it is held by 1,220 people, or 1 in 44,408. In South Africa it is most common in: Eastern Cape, where 64 percent live, KwaZulu-Natal, where 13 percent live and Gauteng, where 10 percent live. Other than South Africa this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in England, where 0 percent live and Switzerland, where 0 percent live.

Sokanyile Last Name Statistics demography

Sokanyile earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 34.23% less than the national average, earning R 156,288 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sokhanyile95661/
Sokonyile891/
Zokanyile891/
Sokhonyile841/
Sakhanyile841/
Sokhanyela741/
Sekonyele677/
Sokhonyela631/
Soukangeli631/
Zakaniel593/

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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 Sokanyile
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