Sokolow Surname

300,690th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,264 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States Virgin Islands

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.

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Sokolow Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States8641:419,51336,379
Russia1101:1,310,21093,437
Germany1051:766,71957,066
France821:810,03397,301
Canada171:2,167,388133,872
Belgium151:766,44363,354
Belarus131:730,85159,297
England91:6,190,895170,599
Finland81:687,08836,047
Australia61:4,499,284146,780
Argentina61:7,123,902190,047
Poland61:6,334,792156,558
Sweden51:1,969,351134,077
United States Virgin Islands41:27,5943,273
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Turkmenistan11:5,489,11211,427
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295

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.”

— Rabbi Benzion Kaganoff

Sokolow Last Name Facts

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

The last name Sokolow is found most frequently in The United States. It may occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sokolow? popularity and diffusion

Sokolow is the 300,690th most prevalent family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 5,765,464 people. The surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 70 percent of Sokolow live; 69 percent live in North America and 69 percent live in Anglo-North America.

This last name is most widely held in The United States, where it is borne 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. Besides The United States this surname is found in 25 countries. It is also found in Russia, where 9 percent are found and Germany, where 8 percent are found.

Sokolow Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Sokolow surname is principally Orthodox (80%) in Russia and Catholic (40%) in Belarus.

In The United States Sokolow 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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