Sokhela Surname
Approximately 11,830 people bear this surname
Sokhela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 11,789 | 1:4,596 | 585 |
| England | 22 | 1:2,532,639 | 91,802 |
| Zimbabwe | 11 | 1:1,403,476 | 76,064 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Sokhela (12) may also be a first name.
Sokhela Demographics
Average Sokhela Salary in
South Africa
R 151,968
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Sokhela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sokhela Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sokhela (Hindi: सोखेला) occurs most in South Africa. It may be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sokhela? popularity and diffusion
Sokhela is the 43,920th most frequent last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 616,022 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Sokhela reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Sokhela is also the 3,306,491st most frequent first name throughout the world, held by 12 people.
The surname is most widespread in South Africa, where it is carried by 11,789 people, or 1 in 4,596. In South Africa it is most numerous in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 82 percent are found, Gauteng, where 12 percent are found and Eastern Cape, where 2 percent are found. Other than South Africa this last name occurs in 9 countries. It is also found in England, where 0 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 0 percent are found.
Sokhela Last Name Statistics demography
Sokhela earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 36.05% less than the national average, earning R 151,968 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sokhela Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sokhela in the Hindi language | ||
| सोखेला | sokhela | - |
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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 Sokhela
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