Sokoua Surname
Approximately 266 people bear this surname
Sokoua Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 243 | 1:94,943 | 4,969 |
| Cameroon | 18 | 1:1,153,837 | 70,128 |
| Benin | 5 | 1:2,067,120 | 68,069 |
Sokoua (46) may also be a first name.
Sokoua Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sokoua Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sokoua is found in The Ivory Coast more than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sokoua? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 973,426th most common surname internationally, borne by around 1 in 27,396,789 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 59 percent of Sokoua live; 52 percent live in West Africa and 45 percent live in Mande Africa. Sokoua is also the 1,484,914th most widely held first name globally. It is borne by 46 people.
The last name is most frequently held in The Ivory Coast, where it is carried by 243 people, or 1 in 94,943. In The Ivory Coast Sokoua is most numerous in: Montagnes District, where 49 percent reside, Abidjan Autonomous District, where 45 percent reside and Sassandra-Marahoué District, where 3 percent reside. Outside of The Ivory Coast it is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 7 percent reside and Benin, where 2 percent reside.
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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 Sokoua
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