Sokong Surname
Approximately 75 people bear this surname
Sokong Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 31 | 1:4,266,103 | 213,470 |
| Cambodia | 22 | 1:703,961 | 4,765 |
| Philippines | 9 | 1:11,248,691 | 221,039 |
| Malaysia | 8 | 1:3,686,778 | 134,908 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Sokong (2,762) may also be a first name.
Sokong Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sokong Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sokong occurs more in Indonesia more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sokong? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,185,341st most commonly held family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 97,167,279 people. This last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 95 percent of Sokong live; 95 percent live in Southeast Asia and 64 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 139,001st most frequently used first name in the world. It is borne by 2,762 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Indonesia, where it is carried by 31 people, or 1 in 4,266,103. In Indonesia Sokong is mostly found in: East Nusa Tenggara, where 52 percent live, Central Sulawesi, where 16 percent live and West Sulawesi, where 16 percent live. Barring Indonesia this last name exists in 8 countries. It is also found in Cambodia, where 29 percent live and The Philippines, where 12 percent live.
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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 Sokong
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