Sokolo Surname
Approximately 1,831 people bear this surname
Sokolo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 1,088 | 1:48,660 | 5,439 |
| DR Congo | 253 | 1:292,014 | 26,830 |
| Liberia | 96 | 1:45,922 | 4,138 |
| Lesotho | 82 | 1:24,787 | 4,958 |
| South Africa | 77 | 1:703,607 | 50,359 |
| Nigeria | 74 | 1:2,393,821 | 79,921 |
| Ivory Coast | 70 | 1:329,589 | 12,041 |
| Uganda | 28 | 1:1,394,260 | 52,673 |
| Russia | 21 | 1:6,863,003 | 268,198 |
| United States | 12 | 1:30,204,911 | 765,334 |
| France | 7 | 1:9,488,960 | 336,266 |
| Israel | 4 | 1:2,139,408 | 95,907 |
| Zambia | 4 | 1:3,962,480 | 38,524 |
| Ukraine | 3 | 1:15,174,232 | 372,501 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| Congo | 2 | 1:2,494,548 | 28,763 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
Sokolo (337) may also be a first name.
Sokolo Demographics
Sokolo Religious Adherence
in Russia
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Sokolo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sokolo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sokolo (Arabic: سوكولو, Russian: Соколо) is more commonly found in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sokolo? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 222,575th most commonly used surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 3,980,091 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 94 percent of Sokolo reside; 61 percent reside in East Africa and 61 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 476,238th most prevalent first name globally, borne by 337 people.
The last name is most frequently used in Tanzania, where it is held by 1,088 people, or 1 in 48,660. In Tanzania it is most numerous in: Songwe Region, where 22 percent live, Mbeya Region, where 14 percent live and Kigoma Region, where 14 percent live. Barring Tanzania Sokolo exists in 21 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 14 percent live and Liberia, where 5 percent live.
Sokolo Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is chiefly Orthodox (50%) in Russia.
The amount Sokolo earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 59.35% less than the national average, earning R 96,588 per year and in United States they earn 5.16% more than the national average, earning $45,375 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sokolo Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sokolo in the Russian language | ||
| Соколо | sokolo | - |
| Sokolo in the Arabic language | ||
| سوكولو | swkwlw | - |
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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 Sokolo
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