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
Average Sokoya Salary in
United States
$50,059 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Sokoya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sokoya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sokoya (Russian: Сокоя) occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Sokoya.
How Common Is The Last Name Sokoya? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 146,026th most prevalent surname on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 2,398,797 people. This last name occurs predominantly 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 prevalent first name world-wide, held by 96 people.
The last name is most common in Nigeria, where it is borne by 2,732 people, or 1 in 64,840. In Nigeria Sokoya is most common in: Ogun, where 63 percent live, Lagos, where 24 percent live and Oyo, where 4 percent live. Excluding Nigeria this last name occurs in 20 countries. It is also common 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 with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 100% being registered with 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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