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 last name Sokobwe is more commonly found in Zambia than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Sokobwe click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sokobwe? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,293,424th most commonly held last name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 105,616,607 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Sokobwe live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
It is most prevalent in Zambia, where it is held by 68 people, or 1 in 233,087. In Zambia it is primarily concentrated in: Central Province, where 54 percent live, Copperbelt Province, where 44 percent live and Luapula Province, where 1 percent live. Aside from Zambia this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 1 percent live.
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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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