Sokolow Surname
Approximately 1,264 people bear this surname
Sokolow Surname Definition:
(from a place name) Sokolow, Sokoloff, Sokolowsky, Sokol, Sokolsky, all come from the word sokol, which in Polish and Russian means “falcon.” The name is carried by hundreds of localities, large and small, because the word sokol came to denote “a hero.
Read More About This SurnameSokolow Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 864 | 1:419,513 | 36,379 |
| Russia | 110 | 1:1,310,210 | 93,437 |
| Germany | 105 | 1:766,719 | 57,066 |
| France | 82 | 1:810,033 | 97,301 |
| Canada | 17 | 1:2,167,388 | 133,872 |
| Belgium | 15 | 1:766,443 | 63,354 |
| Belarus | 13 | 1:730,851 | 59,297 |
| England | 9 | 1:6,190,895 | 170,599 |
| Finland | 8 | 1:687,088 | 36,047 |
| Australia | 6 | 1:4,499,284 | 146,780 |
| Argentina | 6 | 1:7,123,902 | 190,047 |
| Poland | 6 | 1:6,334,792 | 156,558 |
| Sweden | 5 | 1:1,969,351 | 134,077 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 4 | 1:27,594 | 3,273 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Turkmenistan | 1 | 1:5,489,112 | 11,427 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
Sokolow Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(from a place name) Sokolow, Sokoloff, Sokolowsky, Sokol, Sokolsky, all come from the word sokol, which in Polish and Russian means “falcon.” The name is carried by hundreds of localities, large and small, because the word sokol came to denote “a hero.”
Sokolow Demographics
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Sokolow Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sokolow Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sokolow is found in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Sokolow click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sokolow? popularity and diffusion
The last name Sokolow is the 300,690th most frequently occurring family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 5,765,464 people. The last name Sokolow is mostly found in The Americas, where 70 percent of Sokolow reside; 69 percent reside in North America and 69 percent reside in Anglo-North America.
This last name is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is held by 864 people, or 1 in 419,513. In The United States Sokolow is mostly concentrated in: New York, where 18 percent are found, California, where 17 percent are found and Florida, where 15 percent are found. Other than The United States this surname is found in 25 countries. It is also common in Russia, where 9 percent are found and Germany, where 8 percent are found.
Sokolow Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Sokolow surname is chiefly Orthodox (80%) in Russia and Catholic (40%) in Belarus.
In The United States those holding the Sokolow last name are 39.93% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 93.16% registered with the political party.
The amount Sokolow earn in different countries varies significantly. In United States they earn 20.67% more than the national average, earning $52,066 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10.92% less than the national average, earning $44,258 CAD per year.
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