Sokolovich Surname

488,996th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 678 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belarus
Highest density in:
Belarus

Sokolovich Surname User-submission:

Sokolović (Sokolovic, Sokolovich) is a South Slavic surname from the Balkans. It's mainly associated with Serbs and Bosniaks from the former Yugoslavia. The word sokol means 'falcon'.

Sokolovich Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belarus3901:24,3624,152
Russia1641:878,79970,339
United States871:4,166,195223,594
Kazakhstan301:589,41741,433
Bulgaria21:3,489,45264,958
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532
Kyrgyzstan11:5,972,65499,197

Sokolovich Surname Meaning

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Sokolović (Sokolovic, Sokolovich) is a South Slavic surname from the Balkans. It's mainly associated with Serbs and Bosniaks from the former Yugoslavia. The word sokol means 'falcon'.

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Sokolovich Last Name Facts

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

Sokolovich (Russian: Соколович) is most common in Belarus. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sokolovich? popularity and diffusion

The last name Sokolovich is the 488,996th most frequent surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 10,748,593 people. The last name is mostly found in Europe, where 73 percent of Sokolovich reside; 73 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 73 percent reside in East Slavic Europe.

This surname is most commonly occurring in Belarus, where it is borne by 390 people, or 1 in 24,362. In Belarus Sokolovich is primarily found in: Minsk Region, where 40 percent reside, Grodno Region, where 32 percent reside and Minsk, where 23 percent reside. Beside Belarus Sokolovich exists in 8 countries. It is also found in Russia, where 24 percent reside and The United States, where 13 percent reside.

Sokolovich Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Sokolovich last name is principally Orthodox (75%) in Russia, Orthodox (80%) in Belarus and Orthodox (83%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those bearing the Sokolovich last name are 19.9% more likely to be registered United Russias than The US average, with 66.67% registered to vote for the political party.

Sokolovich earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 11.86% less than the national average, earning $38,030 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Sokolovich Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sokolovich in the Russian language
Соколовичsokolovic-

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