Soken Surname
Approximately 1,088 people bear this surname
Soken Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 606 | 1:210,964 | 9,254 |
| Nigeria | 141 | 1:1,256,332 | 50,205 |
| Papua New Guinea | 86 | 1:94,811 | 12,690 |
| Brazil | 67 | 1:3,195,139 | 92,032 |
| United States | 50 | 1:7,249,179 | 331,838 |
| Cambodia | 44 | 1:351,981 | 3,707 |
| Cameroon | 28 | 1:741,752 | 52,682 |
| India | 21 | 1:36,526,923 | 420,161 |
| Indonesia | 21 | 1:6,297,581 | 275,398 |
| Argentina | 7 | 1:6,106,202 | 178,634 |
| Liberia | 6 | 1:734,756 | 29,369 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
The alternate forms: Söken (612) are calculated separately.
Soken (6,978) may also be a first name.
Soken Demographics
Average Soken Salary in
United States
$66,825 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Soken Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Soken Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Soken (Bengali: সোকেন, Hindi: शोकिन, Marathi: सॉकेन, Russian: Сокен) occurs more in Japan more than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms: Söken. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Soken? popularity and diffusion
Soken is the 338,216th most common last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 6,698,112 people. Soken is primarily found in Asia, where 64 percent of Soken live; 56 percent live in East Asia and 56 percent live in Nippono-Asia. It is also the 77,714th most frequent first name throughout the world, borne by 6,978 people.
The last name is most frequent in Japan, where it is held by 606 people, or 1 in 210,964. In Japan Soken is most prevalent in: Okinawa Prefecture, where 63 percent are found, Okayama Prefecture, where 15 percent are found and Hiroshima Prefecture, where 15 percent are found. Aside from Japan this last name is found in 20 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 13 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 8 percent are found.
Soken Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Soken surname are 30.1% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 83.33% being registered with the political party.
Soken earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 54.87% more than the national average, earning $66,825 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Soken Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Soken in the Bengali language | ||
| সোকেন | sokena | - |
| Soken in the Marathi language | ||
| सॉकेन | sokena | - |
| Soken in the Hindi language | ||
| शोकिन | sokina | 33.33 |
| सोकिन | sokina | 33.33 |
| शोकीन | sokina | 33.33 |
| Soken in the Russian language | ||
| Сокен | soken | - |
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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 Soken
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