Sokawe Surname
Approximately 3 people bear this surname
Sokawe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Sokawe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sokawe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sokawe is more commonly found in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sokawe? popularity and diffusion
It is the 10,311,814th most numerous surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 67 percent of Sokawe live; 67 percent live in Oceania Islands and 67 percent live in Papuan Oceania.
The last name is most frequent in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 4,076,858. In Papua New Guinea Sokawe is most frequent in: Madang, where 50 percent reside and Morobe, where 50 percent reside. Without taking into account Papua New Guinea this surname is found in one country. It is also found in Sweden, where 33 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 Sokawe
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