Soku Surname
Approximately 2,478 people bear this surname
Soku Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 970 | 1:27,856 | 3,309 |
| Turkey | 628 | 1:123,919 | 10,257 |
| DR Congo | 479 | 1:154,237 | 16,059 |
| Papua New Guinea | 115 | 1:70,902 | 9,258 |
| Nigeria | 83 | 1:2,134,250 | 73,634 |
| Tanzania | 71 | 1:745,657 | 41,495 |
| Indonesia | 39 | 1:3,391,005 | 183,158 |
| Cameroon | 25 | 1:830,763 | 57,125 |
| India | 18 | 1:42,614,743 | 461,117 |
| Canada | 13 | 1:2,834,276 | 161,175 |
| Solomon Islands | 6 | 1:96,672 | 18,437 |
| Japan | 5 | 1:25,568,859 | 50,629 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Ukraine | 3 | 1:15,174,232 | 372,501 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Gambia | 1 | 1:1,923,451 | 1,043 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
The alternate forms: Sokü (1) are calculated separately.
Soku (1,598) may also be a first name.
Soku Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Soku Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Soku (Hindi: सोकू, Marathi: सोकू, Oriya: େଶାକୁ, Russian: Соку, Tibetan: སོ་ཀུ་) occurs most in Ghana. It can also be rendered in the variant forms: Sokü. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Soku? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 173,414th most common last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 2,940,898 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 66 percent of Soku reside; 43 percent reside in West Africa and 42 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Soku is also the 193,348th most widely held first name on earth. It is borne by 1,598 people.
This last name is most common in Ghana, where it is borne by 970 people, or 1 in 27,856. Excluding Ghana it occurs in 28 countries. It also occurs in Turkey, where 25 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 19 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Soku Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Soku in the Tibetan language | ||
| སོ་ཀུ་ | soku | - |
| Soku in the Oriya language | ||
| େଶାକୁ | esaku | - |
| Soku in the Hindi language | ||
| सोकू | soku | 87.5 |
| सोकु | soku | 12.5 |
| Soku in the Marathi language | ||
| सोकू | soku | 54.55 |
| सोकु | soku | 45.45 |
| Soku in the Russian language | ||
| Соку | soku | - |
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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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- 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 Soku
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