Sokau Surname
Approximately 39 people bear this surname
Sokau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northern Mariana Islands | 25 | 1:2,183 | 246 |
| Papua New Guinea | 7 | 1:1,164,817 | 109,517 |
| Micronesia | 4 | 1:26,561 | 731 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
Sokau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sokau Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sokau has its highest incidence in Northern Mariana Islands. It can also occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sokau? popularity and diffusion
The surname Sokau is the 3,141,416th most numerous family name globally It is held by around 1 in 186,860,152 people. This surname is primarily found in Oceania, where 92 percent of Sokau live; 92 percent live in Oceania Islands and 64 percent live in Chamorro Oceania.
The last name is most commonly used in Northern Mariana Islands, where it is borne by 25 people, or 1 in 2,183. Barring Northern Mariana Islands this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 18 percent reside and Micronesia, where 10 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
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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 Sokau
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