Sokho Surname
Approximately 449 people bear this surname
Sokho Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 239 | 1:17,133 | 1,599 |
| Senegal | 170 | 1:85,761 | 992 |
| Russia | 13 | 1:11,086,389 | 347,183 |
| South Africa | 13 | 1:4,167,516 | 132,322 |
| Georgia | 5 | 1:749,109 | 21,598 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
Sokho (276) may also be a first name.
Sokho Demographics
Average Sokho Salary in
South Africa
R 61,860
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Sokho Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sokho Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sokho (Georgian: სოხო, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﻮﻛﻮ, Hindi: सोखो, Russian: Сохо) occurs in Mauritania more than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Sokho.
How Common Is The Last Name Sokho? popularity and diffusion
It is the 667,223rd most commonly used surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 16,230,615 people. The surname Sokho occurs mostly in Africa, where 95 percent of Sokho live; 92 percent live in West Africa and 91 percent live in Senegambia Africa. Sokho is also the 534,713th most frequently used first name world-wide, borne by 276 people.
The last name is most frequently used in Mauritania, where it is carried by 239 people, or 1 in 17,133. In Mauritania it is primarily concentrated in: Brakna Region, where 73 percent live, Gorgol Region, where 11 percent live and Nouakchott-Ouest Region, where 7 percent live. Aside from Mauritania this surname exists in 12 countries. It also occurs in Senegal, where 38 percent live and Russia, where 3 percent live.
Sokho Last Name Statistics demography
Sokho earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 73.97% less than the national average, earning R 61,860 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sokho Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sokho in the Georgian language | ||
| სოხო | sokho | - |
| Sokho in the Hindi language | ||
| सोखो | sokho | - |
| Sokho in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺳﻮﻛﻮ | swkw | 60 |
| ﺻﻮﻛﻮ | swkw | 13.33 |
| ﺳﻮﺧﻮ | swkhw | 9.33 |
| ﺳﻮﻗﻮ | swqw | 9.33 |
| ﺳﻮﻏﻮ | swghw | 2.67 |
| ﺻﻮﺧﻮ | swkhw | 2.67 |
| ﺳﻴﺨﻮ | sykhw | 1.33 |
| ﺳﺎﺧﻮ | sakhw | 1.33 |
| Sokho in the Russian language | ||
| Сохо | soho | - |
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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
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- 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 Sokho
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