Sokenu Surname
Approximately 1,099 people bear this surname
Sokenu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,081 | 1:163,869 | 10,250 |
| United States | 17 | 1:21,321,114 | 641,998 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
Sokenu (36) may also be a first name.
Sokenu Demographics
Sokenu Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Sokenu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sokenu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sokenu occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sokenu? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 335,587th most frequently used last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 6,631,070 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Sokenu live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,717,090th most frequently held forename world-wide It is held by 36 people.
This surname is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is carried by 1,081 people, or 1 in 163,869. In Nigeria Sokenu is mostly concentrated in: Ogun, where 52 percent live, Lagos, where 38 percent live and Rivers, where 4 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 2 percent live and Ghana, where 0 percent live.
Sokenu Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Sokenu surname is predominantly Christian (78%) in Nigeria.
Sokenu earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 21.13% less than the national average, earning $34,031 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sokenou | 92 | 3,434 | / |
| Shokenu | 92 | 112 | / |
| Soukenu | 92 | 13 | / |
| Sokeynou | 86 | 1 | / |
| Sokeinou | 86 | 1 | / |
| Sukenu | 83 | 11 | / |
| Sekenu | 83 | 9 | / |
| Sokanu | 83 | 2 | / |
| Sokinu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Jokenu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Soceanu | 77 | 624 | / |
| Sokhanu | 77 | 250 | / |
| Suikenu | 77 | 30 | / |
| Sokonou | 77 | 4 | / |
| Sokonnu | 77 | 3 | / |
| Sokènou | 77 | 3 | / |
| Sukeenu | 77 | 2 | / |
| Sekenau | 77 | 2 | / |
| Sukkenu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Siokinu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Sokinou | 77 | 1 | / |
| Sokenoo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Sokenoe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Zokenou | 77 | 1 | / |
| Shokonu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Sokannu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Sakeenu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Sokonnou | 71 | 43 | / |
| Sochenou | 71 | 14 | / |
| Shakenus | 71 | 4 | / |
| Soukonou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sukheenu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Zokeuneu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sakanu | 67 | 79 | / |
| Sakinu | 67 | 24 | / |
| Sekinu | 67 | 21 | / |
| Djoukenou | 67 | 10 | / |
| Secanu | 67 | 7 | / |
| Sekonu | 67 | 6 | / |
| Sekanu | 67 | 3 | / |
| Cekenu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Schakenou | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Sokenu
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