Sokoye Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Sokoye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chad | 4 | 1:3,398,050 | 7,703 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
Sokoye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sokoye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sokoye occurs more in Chad more than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Sokoye click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sokoye? popularity and diffusion
The surname Sokoye is the 6,723,624th most commonly used surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Sokoye reside; 88 percent reside in West Africa and 50 percent reside in Chadic Africa.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Chad, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 3,398,050. Besides Chad this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 25 percent live and Tanzania, where 13 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 Sokoye
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