Sokhona Surname
Approximately 4,618 people bear this surname
Sokhona Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 4,228 | 1:969 | 132 |
| France | 348 | 1:190,870 | 29,709 |
| Senegal | 15 | 1:971,956 | 3,098 |
| South Africa | 14 | 1:3,869,836 | 127,494 |
| Angola | 4 | 1:6,747,304 | 6,999 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Sokhona (803) may also be a first name.
Sokhona Demographics
Average Sokhona Salary in
South Africa
R 90,852
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Sokhona Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sokhona Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sokhona (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﻮﻗﻨﺎ) occurs in Mauritania more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sokhona? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 102,103rd most frequently occurring surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 1,578,074 people. Sokhona is primarily found in Africa, where 92 percent of Sokhona live; 92 percent live in West Africa and 92 percent live in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 288,684th most frequent first name in the world, held by 803 people.
The surname Sokhona is most widespread in Mauritania, where it is carried by 4,228 people, or 1 in 969. In Mauritania it is most common in: Guidimagha Region, where 94 percent are found, Nouakchott-Ouest Region, where 3 percent are found and Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 1 percent are found. Besides Mauritania Sokhona exists in 11 countries. It also occurs in France, where 8 percent are found and Senegal, where 0 percent are found.
Sokhona Last Name Statistics demography
Sokhona earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 61.77% less than the national average, earning R 90,852 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sokhona Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sokhona in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺳﻮﻗﻨﺎ | swqna | 39.28 |
| ﺳﻮﺧﻨﺎ | swkhna | 26.06 |
| ﺳﻮﺧﻮﻧﺎ | swkhwna | 22.44 |
| ﺳﺨﻨﺎ | skhna | 4.11 |
| ﺳﻮﻗﻮﻧﺎ | swqwna | 2.37 |
| ﺳﺨﻮﻧﺎ | skhwna | 0.75 |
| ﺳﻮﻏﻨﺎ | swghna | 0.75 |
| ﺳﻮﺧﺎﻧﺎ | swkhana | 0.5 |
| ﺳﻮﺧﻨﻮ | swkhnw | 0.25 |
| ﺳﻮﺧﻨﻪ | swkhnh | 0.25 |
| ﺳﻮﻗﻮﻥ | swqwn | 0.12 |
| ﺳﻮﺣﻨﺎ | swhna | 0.12 |
| ﺳﻮﻗﻨﻰ | swqny | 0.12 |
| ﺳﺨﻮﻥ | skhwn | 0.12 |
| ﺳﻮﺟﻨﺎ | swjna | 0.12 |
| ﺳﻮﻛﻨﺎ | swkna | 0.12 |
| ﺳﻘﻮﻧﺎ | sqwna | 0.12 |
| ﺳﻮﺧﻦ | swkhn | 0.12 |
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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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- 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 Sokhona
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