Sokor Surname
Approximately 563 people bear this surname
Sokor Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Somalia | 245 | 1:54,906 | 2,420 |
| Ukraine | 139 | 1:327,501 | 41,158 |
| Russia | 34 | 1:4,238,913 | 201,756 |
| Indonesia | 29 | 1:4,560,317 | 223,141 |
| Malaysia | 26 | 1:1,134,393 | 49,681 |
| Turkey | 22 | 1:3,537,337 | 93,247 |
| Nigeria | 14 | 1:12,653,054 | 227,444 |
| Australia | 13 | 1:2,076,592 | 93,242 |
| Poland | 7 | 1:5,429,821 | 146,768 |
| Germany | 7 | 1:11,500,780 | 305,602 |
| Philippines | 6 | 1:16,873,037 | 249,062 |
| Liberia | 4 | 1:1,102,134 | 37,930 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7 | 1:7,174,098 | 302,835 |
The alternate forms: Sokór (1) are calculated separately.
Sokor (608) may also be a first name.
Sokor Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sokor Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sokor (Arabic: سوكور, Russian: Сокор) is held by more people in Somalia than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant: Sokór. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sokor? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 562,869th most numerous surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 12,944,131 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 48 percent of Sokor reside; 44 percent reside in East Africa and 44 percent reside in Cushitic Africa. It is also the 338,872nd most frequently used first name worldwide It is held by 608 people.
This last name is most commonly used in Somalia, where it is borne by 245 people, or 1 in 54,906. Not including Somalia this last name exists in 22 countries. It is also found in Ukraine, where 25 percent reside and Russia, where 6 percent reside.
Sokor Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Sokor has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Sokor surname decreased 86 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sokor Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sokor in the Russian language | ||
| Сокор | sokor | - |
| Sokor in the Arabic language | ||
| سوكور | swkwr | - |
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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 Sokor
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