Sokubo Surname

2,506,728th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 59 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Sokubo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sokubo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria531:3,342,316100,395
Papua New Guinea61:1,358,953118,663

Sokubo (12) may also be a first name.

Sokubo Last Name Facts

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

Sokubo is found most in Nigeria. It may also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Sokubo click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sokubo? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,506,728th most frequently held last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 123,517,727 people. Sokubo is predominantly found in Africa, where 90 percent of Sokubo reside; 90 percent reside in West Africa and 90 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Sokubo is also the 3,306,491st most frequently occurring given name world-wide It is held by 12 people.

The surname Sokubo is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 53 people, or 1 in 3,342,316. In Nigeria Sokubo is most frequent in: Rivers, where 91 percent are found and Ekiti, where 9 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria this surname is found in one country. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 10 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Shokubo921/
Sokoubou862/
Sukubo83645/
Sekubo8316/
Sokobo8316/
Sakubo833/
Sokibo833/
Sokuba831/
Soukoubou802/
Socubos7771/
Shukubo7732/
Siokobo7719/
Sekhubo7710/
Sokubas779/
Sakubos776/
Sakaubo774/
Shakubo771/
Shekubo771/
Ssekubo771/
Sokobou771/
Siakubo771/
Sokubah771/
Chuokubo7126/
Shakuibo7112/
Soukouba719/
Sakoubou711/
Sekibo671,017/
Sekuba67802/
Sacobo67338/
Sakuba67283/
Sakobo67130/
Sokoba67122/
Sukuba6770/
Zokuba6731/
Jakubo6731/
Sacubo6712/
Sakibo6711/
Soukoumpo675/
Zoukoubou671/
Sukobo671/
Sokuva671/

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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 Sokubo
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