Soktara Surname
Approximately 3 people bear this surname
Soktara Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Soktara (11) may also be a first name.
Soktara Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Soktara Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Soktara (Bengali: সুখতারা, Hindi: सोकतारा) occurs in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Soktara? popularity and diffusion
It is the 10,311,814th most commonly held surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. Soktara occurs mostly in Africa, where 67 percent of Soktara reside; 67 percent reside in West Africa and 33 percent reside in Chadic Africa. Soktara is also the 3,487,849th most prevalent given name world-wide. It is borne by 11 people.
Soktara is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 10,384,534. In Cameroon Soktara is mostly found in: Far North Region, where 50 percent are found and North Region, where 50 percent are found. Apart from Cameroon Soktara exists in one country. It is also found in India, where 33 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shoktara | 93 | 451 | / |
| Souktara | 93 | 110 | / |
| Souktarai | 88 | 1 | / |
| Suktara | 86 | 1,117 | / |
| Saktara | 86 | 3 | / |
| Shuktara | 80 | 635 | / |
| Sakhtara | 80 | 61 | / |
| Djoktara | 80 | 53 | / |
| Sukhtara | 80 | 2 | / |
| Sokthary | 80 | 1 | / |
| Souktora | 80 | 1 | / |
| Souctara | 80 | 1 | / |
| Saktharap | 75 | 52 | / |
| Djocktara | 75 | 1 | / |
| Shokhtari | 75 | 1 | / |
| Socktorah | 75 | 1 | / |
| Soktheary | 75 | 1 | / |
| Shocktorap | 71 | 57 | / |
| Sektaro | 71 | 14 | / |
| Saktóra | 71 | 6 | / |
| Saktari | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sekteera | 67 | 58 | / |
| Sakteera | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sakhtari | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sektheera | 63 | 11 | / |
| Souktouri | 63 | 2 | / |
| Zokhtareh | 63 | 1 | / |
| Saktheera | 63 | 1 | / |
| Sooktoure | 63 | 1 | / |
| Shaktoraya | 59 | 1 | / |
| Sactary | 57 | 4 | / |
| Sugtare | 57 | 1 | / |
| Sektoro | 57 | 1 | / |
| Soctero | 57 | 1 | / |
| Saktori | 57 | 1 | / |
| Sakhtora | 53 | 1 | / |
| Cecthara | 53 | 1 | / |
| Chaktoura | 50 | 39 | / |
Soktara Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Soktara in the Bengali language | ||
| সুখতারা | sukhatara | - |
| Soktara in the Hindi language | ||
| सोकतारा | sokatara | - |
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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 Soktara
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