Soko Surname
Approximately 99,547 people bear this surname
Soko Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 36,634 | 1:433 | 56 |
| Malawi | 36,152 | 1:474 | 30 |
| South Africa | 5,915 | 1:9,159 | 1,147 |
| Tanzania | 5,105 | 1:10,371 | 1,340 |
| DR Congo | 3,236 | 1:22,831 | 2,883 |
| Zimbabwe | 2,794 | 1:5,525 | 567 |
| Ivory Coast | 1,639 | 1:14,076 | 1,121 |
| Indonesia | 1,032 | 1:128,148 | 12,869 |
| Liberia | 781 | 1:5,645 | 682 |
| Benin | 646 | 1:15,999 | 2,161 |
| Japan | 579 | 1:220,802 | 9,491 |
| Nigeria | 577 | 1:307,007 | 17,082 |
| Swaziland | 429 | 1:3,026 | 258 |
| Togo | 420 | 1:17,257 | 5,159 |
| Fiji | 408 | 1:2,192 | 344 |
| Cameroon | 394 | 1:52,713 | 6,872 |
| Papua New Guinea | 357 | 1:22,840 | 2,492 |
| Mauritania | 330 | 1:12,409 | 1,209 |
| Congo | 246 | 1:20,281 | 2,336 |
| Kenya | 207 | 1:223,091 | 15,759 |
| Egypt | 153 | 1:600,887 | 32,813 |
| United States | 145 | 1:2,499,717 | 152,655 |
| England | 118 | 1:472,187 | 30,747 |
| Mongolia | 103 | 1:27,430 | 2,786 |
| Lesotho | 102 | 1:19,927 | 4,152 |
| Botswana | 83 | 1:26,349 | 5,307 |
| New Caledonia | 83 | 1:3,328 | 498 |
| Slovenia | 65 | 1:38,272 | 7,167 |
| Senegal | 64 | 1:227,802 | 1,497 |
| Iraq | 63 | 1:555,899 | 8,855 |
| Thailand | 63 | 1:1,121,244 | 165,873 |
| Croatia | 59 | 1:71,671 | 12,734 |
| Peru | 49 | 1:648,656 | 15,868 |
| Russia | 46 | 1:3,133,110 | 167,157 |
| Albania | 43 | 1:67,769 | 7,839 |
| Uganda | 42 | 1:929,507 | 41,540 |
| Canada | 36 | 1:1,023,489 | 76,466 |
| United Arab Emirates | 33 | 1:277,645 | 19,302 |
| Solomon Islands | 26 | 1:22,309 | 4,345 |
| Argentina | 25 | 1:1,709,737 | 90,467 |
| Niger | 22 | 1:872,364 | 19,806 |
| France | 22 | 1:3,019,215 | 204,848 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 21 | 1:168,400 | 10,427 |
| Chile | 18 | 1:978,693 | 19,774 |
| Latvia | 17 | 1:120,591 | 17,235 |
| Burkina Faso | 17 | 1:1,079,535 | 10,589 |
| Germany | 10 | 1:8,050,546 | 248,660 |
| Sweden | 10 | 1:984,676 | 73,605 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| Sierra Leone | 9 | 1:787,737 | 678 |
| Turkey | 9 | 1:8,646,825 | 130,497 |
| China | 8 | 1:170,915,196 | 8,932 |
| Austria | 7 | 1:1,216,491 | 80,919 |
| Poland | 7 | 1:5,429,821 | 146,768 |
| Wales | 6 | 1:515,755 | 23,171 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Iceland | 4 | 1:95,022 | 4,787 |
| Algeria | 4 | 1:9,657,888 | 64,782 |
| Bulgaria | 3 | 1:2,326,302 | 54,089 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Australia | 3 | 1:8,998,567 | 200,784 |
| Montenegro | 3 | 1:213,188 | 6,121 |
| Belarus | 2 | 1:4,750,530 | 139,516 |
| New Zealand | 2 | 1:2,264,162 | 49,210 |
| Serbia | 2 | 1:3,572,474 | 32,645 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Ukraine | 2 | 1:22,761,348 | 425,733 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Cook Islands | 1 | 1:18,179 | 1,485 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Abkhazia | 1 | 1:242,865 | 5,354 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Vanuatu | 1 | 1:263,276 | 2,086 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Saint Lucia | 1 | 1:178,781 | 3,800 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
The alternate forms: Šoko (33) & Sôko (1) are calculated separately.
Soko (8,053) may also be a first name.
Soko Demographics
Average Male Soko Height
171.05 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Soko Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Soko Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Soko (Arabic: سوكو, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﻮﻛﻮ, Hindi: सोको, Russian: Соко) is most common in Zambia. It may also occur as: Šoko or Sôko. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Soko? popularity and diffusion
Soko is the 5,681st most commonly used surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 73,207 people. Soko occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Soko live; 82 percent live in Southern Africa and 82 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 70,764th most frequently occurring forename on earth, held by 8,053 people.
This surname is most numerous in Zambia, where it is borne by 36,634 people, or 1 in 433. In Zambia Soko is primarily concentrated in: Eastern Province, where 52 percent are found, Lusaka Province, where 30 percent are found and Copperbelt Province, where 8 percent are found. Without taking into account Zambia it exists in 97 countries. It is also common in Malawi, where 36 percent are found and South Africa, where 6 percent are found.
Soko Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Soko surname is predominantly Orthodox (75%) in Russia and Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those holding the Soko surname are 21.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 75% registered with the political party.
The amount Soko earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 159.68% more than the national average, earning S/. 50,339 per year; in South Africa they earn 35.52% less than the national average, earning R 153,228 per year; in United States they earn 4.4% less than the national average, earning $41,250 USD per year and in Canada they earn 16.48% less than the national average, earning $41,495 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Soko Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Soko in the Hindi language | ||
| सोको | soko | - |
| Soko in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺳﻮﻛﻮ | swkw | 88.68 |
| ﺻﻮﻛﻮ | swkw | 9.43 |
| ﺳﻜﻮ | skw | 0.94 |
| Soko in the Russian language | ||
| Соко | soko | - |
| Soko in the Arabic language | ||
| سوكو | swkw | - |
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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 Soko
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