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
Soko Religious Adherence
in Russia
Religious Adherence
in Russia
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 found most frequently in Zambia. It can also be rendered as a variant: Šoko or Sôko. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Soko? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 5,681st most common surname throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 73,207 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Soko live; 82 percent live in Southern Africa and 82 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Soko is also the 70,764th most prevalent first name throughout the world, borne by 8,053 people.
This last name is most frequent in Zambia, where it is held by 36,634 people, or 1 in 433. In Zambia it is most frequent in: Eastern Province, where 52 percent reside, Lusaka Province, where 30 percent reside and Copperbelt Province, where 8 percent reside. Outside of Zambia this surname exists in 97 countries. It also occurs in Malawi, where 36 percent reside and South Africa, where 6 percent reside.
Soko Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Soko surname is principally Orthodox (75%) in Russia and Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States Soko are 21.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 75% registered with the 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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