Sokegbe Surname

228,232nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,776 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Benin
Highest density in:
Benin

Sokegbe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Sokegbe Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Benin1,7461:5,920788
Nigeria261:6,813,183158,601
Togo41:1,811,9428,122

The alternate forms: Sokègbe (1) are calculated separately.

Sokegbe (74) may also be a first name.

Sokegbe Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Sokegbe Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Sokegbe is most common in Benin. It may also be found as a variant: Sokègbe. For other possible spellings of Sokegbe click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sokegbe? popularity and diffusion

Sokegbe is the 228,232nd most commonly occurring family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 4,103,348 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Sokegbe are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 100 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,125,792nd most frequent first name worldwide, borne by 74 people.

The last name Sokegbe is most commonly held in Benin, where it is borne by 1,746 people, or 1 in 5,920. In Benin it is most prevalent in: Kouffo Department, where 81 percent are found, Zou Department, where 7 percent are found and Littoral Department, where 5 percent are found. Not including Benin Sokegbe occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 1 percent are found and Togo, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sokègbe951/
Sokogbe862/
Sokagbe861/
Sakegbe861/
Sukegbe861/
Siokogbeu753/
Djakegbe677/
Shekigbe671/
Shekoigbe631/
Zouchegbe631/

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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 Sokegbe
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