Sokesi Surname
Approximately 606 people bear this surname
Sokesi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 375 | 1:42,266 | 4,147 |
| Iran | 218 | 1:352,213 | 23,514 |
| Zimbabwe | 9 | 1:1,715,360 | 84,476 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Sokesi (12) may also be a first name.
Sokesi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sokesi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sokesi occurs more in Zambia more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Sokesi.
How Common Is The Last Name Sokesi? popularity and diffusion
It is the 532,873rd most frequently held family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 12,025,653 people. The last name Sokesi occurs mostly in Africa, where 64 percent of Sokesi are found; 64 percent are found in Southern Africa and 64 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,306,491st most commonly held first name on earth, held by 12 people.
The surname is most frequent in Zambia, where it is held by 375 people, or 1 in 42,266. In Zambia Sokesi is most prevalent in: Southern Province, where 82 percent live, Lusaka Province, where 16 percent live and Copperbelt Province, where 1 percent live. Apart from Zambia Sokesi occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Iran, where 36 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 1 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
- 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 Sokesi
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