Sokar Surname
Approximately 4,322 people bear this surname
Sokar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 2,898 | 1:31,724 | 3,399 |
| Saudi Arabia | 636 | 1:48,515 | 7,156 |
| Morocco | 204 | 1:169,000 | 29,345 |
| Somalia | 196 | 1:68,633 | 2,887 |
| India | 111 | 1:6,910,499 | 153,869 |
| Turkey | 72 | 1:1,080,853 | 47,659 |
| Kuwait | 29 | 1:131,058 | 14,967 |
| Iran | 26 | 1:2,953,174 | 90,148 |
| Liberia | 25 | 1:176,341 | 12,123 |
| Russia | 19 | 1:7,585,424 | 283,555 |
| Indonesia | 14 | 1:9,446,371 | 356,066 |
| Germany | 10 | 1:8,050,546 | 248,660 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Ukraine | 8 | 1:5,690,337 | 241,823 |
| Papua New Guinea | 8 | 1:1,019,215 | 101,897 |
| Sweden | 6 | 1:1,641,126 | 116,183 |
| United Arab Emirates | 5 | 1:1,832,455 | 58,414 |
| Netherlands | 5 | 1:3,377,435 | 111,911 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Kazakhstan | 4 | 1:4,420,624 | 134,293 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Jordan | 3 | 1:2,947,479 | 21,051 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Syria | 2 | 1:9,650,511 | 17,817 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Turkmenistan | 1 | 1:5,489,112 | 11,427 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
The alternate forms: Šokar (6) are calculated separately.
Sokar (541) may also be a first name.
Sokar Demographics
Average Sokar Salary in
South Africa
R 24,528
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Sokar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sokar Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sokar (Hindi: सोकर, Marathi: सोकर, Russian: Сокар) is found most frequently in Egypt. It may also occur in the variant forms: Šokar. For other possible spellings of Sokar click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sokar? popularity and diffusion
It is the 107,843rd most commonly occurring surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 1,686,151 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 77 percent of Sokar are found; 72 percent are found in North Africa and 67 percent are found in Arabic North Africa. It is also the 362,348th most frequently used first name throughout the world It is held by 541 people.
This surname is most frequent in Egypt, where it is carried by 2,898 people, or 1 in 31,724. Without taking into account Egypt this surname exists in 40 countries. It also occurs in Saudi Arabia, where 15 percent live and Morocco, where 5 percent live.
Sokar Last Name Statistics demography
Sokar earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 89.68% less than the national average, earning R 24,528 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sokar Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sokar in the Marathi language | ||
| सोकर | sokara | 66.67 |
| सोनकर | sonakara | 16.67 |
| सोकार | sokara | 16.67 |
| Sokar in the Hindi language | ||
| सोकर | sokara | 58.14 |
| सोकार | sokara | 25.58 |
| शोकर | sokara | 11.63 |
| सोनकर | sonakara | 4.65 |
| Sokar in the Russian language | ||
| Сокар | sokar | - |
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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 Sokar
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