Sokea Surname
Approximately 85 people bear this surname
Sokea Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 48 | 1:169,869 | 23,574 |
| Cambodia | 15 | 1:1,032,476 | 5,479 |
| Solomon Islands | 12 | 1:48,336 | 9,616 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Sokea (11,322) may also be a first name.
Sokea Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sokea Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sokea is found in Papua New Guinea more than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Sokea click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sokea? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,034,059th most frequently used surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 85,735,834 people. This surname occurs mostly in Oceania, where 71 percent of Sokea reside; 71 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 56 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 56,388th most widely held first name internationally. It is borne by 11,322 people.
It is most widespread in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 48 people, or 1 in 169,869. In Papua New Guinea Sokea is most frequent in: Northern, where 77 percent live and Southern Highlands, where 23 percent live. Barring Papua New Guinea it occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in Cambodia, where 18 percent live and The Solomon Islands, where 14 percent live.
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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 Sokea
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