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
The last name Sokona (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﻮﻛﻨﺎ, Marathi: सोकोना) occurs most in Mali. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sokona? popularity and diffusion
The surname Sokona is the 338,216th most commonly used surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 6,698,112 people. The surname Sokona occurs mostly in Africa, where 94 percent of Sokona are found; 93 percent are found in West Africa and 89 percent are found in Mande Africa. It is also the 44,139th most frequently used first name on earth It is held by 16,157 people.
This surname is most prevalent in Mali, where it is carried by 968 people, or 1 in 17,530. Excluding Mali this surname exists in 22 countries. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 6 percent reside and Belgium, where 1 percent reside.
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
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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 Sokona
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