Sokeni Surname
Approximately 129 people bear this surname
Sokeni Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Solomon Islands | 120 | 1:4,834 | 640 |
| Nigeria | 8 | 1:22,142,845 | 310,552 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Sokeni (86) may also be a first name.
Sokeni Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sokeni Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sokeni has its highest incidence in The Solomon Islands. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sokeni? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,581,912th most numerous last name internationally It is held by around 1 in 56,492,604 people. The last name Sokeni occurs mostly in Oceania, where 94 percent of Sokeni live; 94 percent live in Oceania Islands and 93 percent live in Solomonic Oceania. Sokeni is also the 1,032,266th most numerous first name worldwide. It is borne by 86 people.
The surname Sokeni is most frequently occurring in The Solomon Islands, where it is carried by 120 people, or 1 in 4,834. In The Solomon Islands it is mostly concentrated in: Choiseul Province, where 60 percent reside, Western Province, where 21 percent reside and Capital Territory, where 18 percent reside. Outside of The Solomon Islands this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 6 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Sokeni
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