Sokona Surname
Approximately 1,088 people bear this surname
Sokona Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mali | 968 | 1:17,530 | 699 |
| Ivory Coast | 68 | 1:339,283 | 12,260 |
| Belgium | 9 | 1:1,277,405 | 87,318 |
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| Senegal | 5 | 1:2,915,868 | 5,479 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Tuvalu | 1 | 1:11,188 | 103 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
Sokona (16,157) may also be a first name.
Sokona Demographics
Average Sokona Salary in
United States
$80,208 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Sokona Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sokona Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sokona (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﻮﻛﻨﺎ, Marathi: सोकोना) is borne by more people in Mali than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sokona? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 338,216th most widely held family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 6,698,112 people. The surname Sokona is primarily found in Africa, where 94 percent of Sokona live; 93 percent live in West Africa and 89 percent live in Mande Africa. Sokona is also the 44,139th most frequent given name on earth It is held by 16,157 people.
This surname is most common in Mali, where it is carried by 968 people, or 1 in 17,530. Aside from Mali it exists in 22 countries. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 6 percent live and Belgium, where 1 percent live.
Sokona Last Name Statistics demography
The amount Sokona earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 75.9% less than the national average, earning R 57,276 per year and in United States they earn 85.89% more than the national average, earning $80,208 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sokona Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sokona in the Marathi language | ||
| सोकोना | sokona | - |
| Sokona in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺳﻮﻛﻨﺎ | swkna | 50 |
| ﺳﻮﺧﻨﺎ | swkhna | 50 |
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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 Sokona
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