Sokosa Surname
Approximately 655 people bear this surname
Sokosa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 627 | 1:27,303 | 4,104 |
| Zimbabwe | 24 | 1:643,260 | 47,966 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
The alternate forms: Sokoša (1) are calculated separately.
Sokosa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sokosa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sokosa is held by more people in Malawi than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms: Sokoša. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sokosa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Sokosa is the 501,935th most common surname throughout the world, held by around 1 in 11,126,024 people. The last name Sokosa is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Sokosa reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
The last name is most prevalent in Malawi, where it is borne by 627 people, or 1 in 27,303. Outside of Malawi it exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 4 percent live and The United States, 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
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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 Sokosa
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