Sokobwe Surname
Approximately 69 people bear this surname
Sokobwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 68 | 1:233,087 | 14,396 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Sokobwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sokobwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sokobwe is more commonly found in Zambia than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sokobwe? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,293,424th most common family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 105,616,607 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Sokobwe are found; 99 percent are found in Southern Africa and 99 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
The last name is most commonly held in Zambia, where it is borne by 68 people, or 1 in 233,087. In Zambia it is primarily found in: Central Province, where 54 percent reside, Copperbelt Province, where 44 percent reside and Luapula Province, where 1 percent reside. Barring Zambia this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Sokobwe
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