Sokon Surname
Approximately 226 people bear this surname
Sokon Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 64 | 1:827,213 | 43,161 |
| Papua New Guinea | 60 | 1:135,895 | 18,658 |
| Thailand | 23 | 1:3,071,232 | 294,953 |
| Indonesia | 20 | 1:6,612,460 | 283,723 |
| Japan | 20 | 1:6,392,215 | 41,807 |
| Liberia | 12 | 1:367,378 | 19,503 |
| Benin | 7 | 1:1,476,515 | 57,381 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Sokon (585) may also be a first name.
Sokon Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sokon Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sokon (Hindi: सोकोन, Russian: Сокон) occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sokon? popularity and diffusion
Sokon is the 1,088,856th most common last name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 32,245,778 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 42 percent of Sokon are found; 29 percent are found in East Africa and 29 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Sokon is also the 345,974th most numerous forename globally, borne by 585 people.
This surname is most prevalent in Tanzania, where it is carried by 64 people, or 1 in 827,213. In Tanzania Sokon is most common in: Mbeya Region, where 80 percent live, Arusha Region, where 14 percent live and Rukwa Region, where 6 percent live. Other than Tanzania this surname exists in 18 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 27 percent live and Thailand, where 10 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sokon Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sokon in the Hindi language | ||
| सोकोन | sokona | - |
| Sokon in the Russian language | ||
| Сокон | sokon | - |
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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 Sokon
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