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) is borne by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sokhela? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 43,920th most frequent last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 616,022 people. The last name Sokhela occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Sokhela are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Sokhela is also the 3,306,491st most frequently used first name on earth, borne by 12 people.
This surname is most frequently used in South Africa, where it is carried by 11,789 people, or 1 in 4,596. In South Africa Sokhela is primarily found in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 82 percent live, Gauteng, where 12 percent live and Eastern Cape, where 2 percent live. Other than South Africa Sokhela exists in 9 countries. It is also common in England, where 0 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 0 percent live.
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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