Sokontwe Surname
Approximately 714 people bear this surname
Sokontwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 597 | 1:26,549 | 2,798 |
| DR Congo | 116 | 1:636,893 | 47,292 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Sokontwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sokontwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sokontwe is most common in Zambia. It can be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Sokontwe.
How Common Is The Last Name Sokontwe? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 470,273rd most numerous surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 10,206,647 people. Sokontwe occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Sokontwe live; 84 percent live in Southern Africa and 84 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
It is most commonly occurring in Zambia, where it is carried by 597 people, or 1 in 26,549. In Zambia it is most prevalent in: Copperbelt Province, where 29 percent live, North-Western Province, where 25 percent live and Lusaka Province, where 23 percent live. Not including Zambia this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 16 percent live and England, where 0 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 Sokontwe
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