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 surname Soku (Hindi: सोकू, Marathi: सोकू, Oriya: େଶାକୁ, Russian: Соку, Tibetan: སོ་ཀུ་) is borne by more people in Ghana than any other country or territory. It can also occur as: Sokü. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Soku? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 173,414th most frequently held surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 2,940,898 people. The surname Soku is primarily found in Africa, where 66 percent of Soku live; 43 percent live in West Africa and 42 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 193,348th most frequently used first name at a global level. It is borne by 1,598 people.
The surname Soku is most frequently used in Ghana, where it is borne by 970 people, or 1 in 27,856. Aside from Ghana this surname exists in 28 countries. It is also found 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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- 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 Soku
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