Sokao Surname
Approximately 27 people bear this surname
Sokao Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 19 | 1:429,143 | 55,452 |
| Philippines | 4 | 1:25,309,556 | 279,062 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Sokao (15) may also be a first name.
Sokao Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sokao Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sokao is more commonly found in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Sokao.
How Common Is The Last Name Sokao? popularity and diffusion
The last name Sokao is the 3,798,600th most widely held surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 269,909,108 people. The last name is predominantly found in Oceania, where 70 percent of Sokao reside; 70 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 70 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Sokao is also the 2,900,335th most frequently occurring first name globally. It is borne by 15 people.
It is most prevalent in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 19 people, or 1 in 429,143. In Papua New Guinea Sokao is most numerous in: Morobe, where 68 percent reside and Madang, where 32 percent reside. Other than Papua New Guinea this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also found in The Philippines, where 15 percent reside and Thailand, where 7 percent reside.
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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 Sokao
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