Sokolakis Surname

1,565,797th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 131 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Greece
Highest density in:
Greece

Sokolakis Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sokolakis Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Greece1151:96,34616,232
Germany161:5,031,591189,895

Sokolakis Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Sokolakis Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Sokolakis is found in Greece more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sokolakis? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,565,797th most frequently held family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 55,630,121 people. The surname Sokolakis is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Sokolakis live; 88 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 88 percent live in Helleno-Europe.

Sokolakis is most widely held in Greece, where it is held by 115 people, or 1 in 96,346. In Greece it is mostly concentrated in: Attica, where 40 percent reside, Central Macedonia, where 20 percent reside and Epirus, where 19 percent reside. Without taking into account Greece this last name is found in one country. It is also common in Germany, where 12 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
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  • 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 Sokolakis
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