Sokoya Surname
Approximately 3,038 people bear this surname
Sokoya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 2,732 | 1:64,840 | 4,762 |
| England | 123 | 1:452,992 | 29,924 |
| United States | 114 | 1:3,179,464 | 183,182 |
| DR Congo | 41 | 1:1,801,941 | 95,514 |
| South Africa | 6 | 1:9,029,617 | 189,736 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
| Finland | 3 | 1:1,832,234 | 57,803 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
Sokoya (96) may also be a first name.
Sokoya Demographics
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Sokoya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sokoya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sokoya (Russian: Сокоя) is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sokoya? popularity and diffusion
It is the 146,026th most commonly held last name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,398,797 people. The last name Sokoya occurs mostly in Africa, where 92 percent of Sokoya live; 90 percent live in West Africa and 90 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Sokoya is also the 968,397th most frequent first name globally, held by 96 people.
The last name Sokoya is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is borne by 2,732 people, or 1 in 64,840. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Ogun, where 63 percent live, Lagos, where 24 percent live and Oyo, where 4 percent live. Aside from Nigeria this last name occurs in 20 countries. It is also found in England, where 4 percent live and The United States, where 4 percent live.
Sokoya Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Sokoya surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 100% registered to vote for the political party.
Sokoya earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 16.01% more than the national average, earning $50,059 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sokoya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sokoya in the Russian language | ||
| Сокоя | sokoa | - |
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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 Sokoya
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