Sokelis Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sweden
Highest density in:
Latvia

Sokelis Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sokelis Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401

The alternate forms: Šokelis (2) are calculated separately.

Sokelis Last Name Facts

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

Sokelis has its highest incidence in Sweden. It may also appear as a variant: Šokelis. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sokelis? popularity and diffusion

It is the 7,117,718th most commonly held family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 71 percent of Sokelis reside; 71 percent reside in Northern Europe and 43 percent reside in Scandinavia.

This surname is most frequent in Sweden, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 3,282,252. In Sweden it is mostly concentrated in: Halland County, where 67 percent live and Västra Götaland County, where 33 percent live. Not including Sweden Sokelis exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 29 percent live and Latvia, 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
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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 Sokelis
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