Sokodi Surname
Approximately 116 people bear this surname
Sokodi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 105 | 1:1,687,074 | 62,154 |
| Benin | 7 | 1:1,476,515 | 57,381 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
Sokodi (424) may also be a first name.
Sokodi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sokodi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sokodi is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sokodi? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,691,963rd most frequent surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 62,823,672 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Sokodi live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 97 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Sokodi is also the 417,166th most commonly occurring first name internationally It is held by 424 people.
It is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 105 people, or 1 in 1,687,074. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Delta, where 81 percent live, Kaduna, where 14 percent live and Lagos, where 3 percent live. Apart from Nigeria it is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 6 percent live and South Africa, where 2 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 Sokodi
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