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 surname Sokome is found most frequently in Benin. It can also appear as: Sokomè. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sokome? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 466,165th most commonly held surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 10,093,554 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Sokome live; 91 percent live in West Africa and 54 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 757,758th most frequently held first name world-wide It is held by 148 people.
This last name is most widespread in Benin, where it is borne by 384 people, or 1 in 26,916. In Benin Sokome is primarily concentrated in: Kouffo Department, where 84 percent are found, Littoral Department, where 5 percent are found and Zou Department, where 4 percent are found. Outside of Benin this surname occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in Senegal, where 37 percent are found and Kenya, where 8 percent are found.
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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 Sokome
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