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

The surname Sokanyile is borne by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sokanyile? popularity and diffusion

It is the 308,323rd most frequently occurring surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 5,953,877 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Sokanyile are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

This last name is most common in South Africa, where it is carried by 1,220 people, or 1 in 44,408. In South Africa Sokanyile is primarily concentrated in: Eastern Cape, where 64 percent live, KwaZulu-Natal, where 13 percent live and Gauteng, where 10 percent live. Beside South Africa it is found in 2 countries. It is also common 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
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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 Sokanyile
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