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) is more frequently found in Japan than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms: Söken. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Soken? popularity and diffusion
The surname Soken is the 338,216th most frequently used surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 6,698,112 people. The surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 64 percent of Soken are found; 56 percent are found in East Asia and 56 percent are found in Nippono-Asia. Soken is also the 77,714th most prevalent forename on earth, borne by 6,978 people.
This surname is most widely held in Japan, where it is held by 606 people, or 1 in 210,964. In Japan Soken is primarily concentrated in: Okinawa Prefecture, where 63 percent reside, Okayama Prefecture, where 15 percent reside and Hiroshima Prefecture, where 15 percent reside. Beside Japan this last name occurs in 20 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 13 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 8 percent reside.
Soken Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Soken last name are 30.1% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 83.33% 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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