Sokoti Surname
Approximately 605 people bear this surname
Sokoti Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 307 | 1:176,475 | 19,463 |
| Nigeria | 182 | 1:973,312 | 41,407 |
| Iran | 31 | 1:2,476,856 | 81,358 |
| Benin | 24 | 1:430,650 | 30,545 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Ivory Coast | 18 | 1:1,281,735 | 28,562 |
| Tanzania | 8 | 1:6,617,702 | 68,742 |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Sokoti (35) may also be a first name.
Sokoti Demographics
Average Sokoti Salary in
South Africa
R 96,300
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Sokoti Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sokoti Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sokoti is carried by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sokoti? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 533,524th most frequently held family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 12,045,530 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 91 percent of Sokoti are found; 51 percent are found in Southern Africa and 51 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Sokoti is also the 1,744,716th most commonly occurring first name at a global level, held by 35 people.
The surname is most widely held in South Africa, where it is borne by 307 people, or 1 in 176,475. In South Africa it is most frequent in: Eastern Cape, where 36 percent live, North West, where 22 percent live and Free State, where 17 percent live. Beside South Africa this surname occurs in 13 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 30 percent live and Iran, where 5 percent live.
Sokoti Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Sokoti last name is predominantly Muslim (73%) in Nigeria.
Sokoti earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 59.48% less than the national average, earning R 96,300 per year.
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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 Sokoti
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