Sokaya Surname
Approximately 225 people bear this surname
Sokaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 159 | 1:340,740 | 31,565 |
| Papua New Guinea | 50 | 1:163,074 | 22,562 |
| Nigeria | 14 | 1:12,653,054 | 227,444 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Sokaya (64) may also be a first name.
Sokaya Demographics
Average Sokaya Salary in
South Africa
R 65,076
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Sokaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sokaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sokaya is found in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sokaya? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,092,155th most frequently used last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 32,389,093 people. Sokaya occurs predominantly in Africa, where 78 percent of Sokaya reside; 71 percent reside in Southern Africa and 71 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Sokaya is also the 1,223,525th most frequently held first name in the world, held by 64 people.
The surname is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is carried by 159 people, or 1 in 340,740. In South Africa Sokaya is most prevalent in: Eastern Cape, where 57 percent live, Western Cape, where 25 percent live and Free State, where 12 percent live. Excluding South Africa this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 22 percent live and Nigeria, where 6 percent live.
Sokaya Last Name Statistics demography
Sokaya earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 72.62% less than the national average, earning R 65,076 per year.
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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 Sokaya
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