Sokeya Surname
Approximately 22 people bear this surname
Sokeya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 21 | 1:754,758 | 27,278 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Sokeya (17) may also be a first name.
Sokeya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sokeya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sokeya has its highest incidence in Zambia. It can also be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sokeya? popularity and diffusion
The last name Sokeya is the 4,206,983rd most commonly used surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 331,252,087 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Sokeya reside; 95 percent reside in Southern Africa and 95 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,694,839th most frequently held first name world-wide, held by 17 people.
This last name is most prevalent in Zambia, where it is borne by 21 people, or 1 in 754,758. In Zambia Sokeya is primarily concentrated in: Lusaka Province, where 90 percent are found, Copperbelt Province, where 5 percent are found and Northern Province, where 5 percent are found. Not including Zambia this surname is found in one country. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 5 percent are found.
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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 Sokeya
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