Sokome Surname
Approximately 722 people bear this surname
Sokome Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 384 | 1:26,916 | 3,581 |
| Senegal | 270 | 1:53,998 | 815 |
| Kenya | 59 | 1:782,710 | 31,540 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
The alternate forms: Sokomè (2) are calculated separately.
Sokome (148) may also be a first name.
Sokome Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sokome Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sokome is found in Benin more than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms: Sokomè. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sokome? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 466,165th most widespread surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 10,093,554 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Sokome reside; 91 percent reside in West Africa and 54 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 757,758th most commonly occurring first name globally, borne by 148 people.
The last name is most numerous in Benin, where it is borne by 384 people, or 1 in 26,916. In Benin Sokome is mostly concentrated in: Kouffo Department, where 84 percent reside, Littoral Department, where 5 percent reside and Zou Department, where 4 percent reside. Not including Benin Sokome occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in Senegal, where 37 percent reside and Kenya, where 8 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 Sokome
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