Sokulu Surname

770,644th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 369 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Sokulu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sokulu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa3391:159,81617,958
Turkey241:3,242,55989,463
Sweden41:2,461,689157,534
Germany21:40,252,730481,636

Sokulu Last Name Facts

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

Sokulu is held by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Sokulu.

How Common Is The Last Name Sokulu? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 770,644th most numerous surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 19,749,447 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 92 percent of Sokulu are found; 92 percent are found in Southern Africa and 92 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

The last name is most prevalent in South Africa, where it is held by 339 people, or 1 in 159,816. In South Africa Sokulu is most numerous in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 92 percent live, Gauteng, where 4 percent live and Eastern Cape, where 2 percent live. Beside South Africa it exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Turkey, where 7 percent live and Sweden, where 1 percent live.

Sokulu Last Name Statistics demography

Sokulu earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 62.3% less than the national average, earning R 89,592 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sokhulu922,740/
Sokullu92578/
Shokulu9248/
Sookulu921/
Sokoulou864/
Sukulu83574/
Sekulu83235/
Sakulu83133/
Sokolu83114/
Cokulu8347/
Zokulu8310/
Soukoulou8013/
Shukulu77102/
Shekulu7749/
Çokuslu7746/
Sokoğlu7734/
Shakulu7734/
Sokollu7732/
Saakulu777/
Sukulau776/
Sukkulu776/
Sekhulu775/
Sakulau774/
Siakulu773/
Sakkulu773/
Sukuluy771/
Sakhulu771/
Sokholu771/
Sukullu771/
Sekullu771/
Sukuulu771/
Shokolu771/
Sakullu771/
Ssakulu771/
Siakuulu7132/
Shekhulu715/
Sakullux711/
Sakilu67653/
Zakulu67253/
Jakulu6736/
Zoukoulou6710/
Seculu6710/
Sukolu679/
Sucolu674/
Sekilu673/
Sakolu671/
Joukoulou671/
Sakulhuha671/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Sokulu
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