Sokto Surname

2,909,720th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 45 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Sokto Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sokto Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria341:5,210,081134,475
India71:109,580,769786,157
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
Russia21:72,061,528727,117

Sokto (289) may also be a first name.

Sokto Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Sokto Come From? nationality or country of origin

Sokto (Russian: Сокто) is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. For other possible spellings of Sokto click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sokto? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 2,909,720th most frequently held family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 161,945,465 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 76 percent of Sokto live; 76 percent live in West Africa and 76 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Sokto is also the 519,842nd most frequently occurring first name worldwide. It is borne by 289 people.

The last name is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 34 people, or 1 in 5,210,081. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Taraba, where 94 percent live. Beside Nigeria this last name exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in India, where 16 percent live and Indonesia, where 4 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sookto9118/
Soktoi911/
Sooktho8311/
Shockto832/
Sookkto831/
Soekhto831/
Souktou831/
Sukto801,974/
Sokta8036/
Sekto8025/
Sakto8024/
Jokto802/
Socto802/
Suktho73193/
Sookta7358/
Sokhta7344/
Soukta7313/
Shokta7312/
Saktho738/
Shakto733/
Suktoo732/
Saktou732/
Saktos731/
Soktha731/
Jokhto731/
Zoktot731/
Coktto731/
Shukhto67134/
Shoktah6759/
Soukhta673/
Choktoo671/
Sokthah671/
Sooktas671/
Shoktas671/
Shakhto671/
Sokthat671/
Sooktad671/
Sooktha671/
Shokhta671/

Sokto Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sokto in the Russian language
Соктоsokto-

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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 Sokto
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