Sokunle Surname

1,163,787th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 205 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Sokunle Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Sokunle Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1941:913,10739,493
England71:7,959,723202,100
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Sokunle (14) may also be a first name.

Sokunle Last Name Facts

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

Sokunle (Marathi: सोकुंले) occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Sokunle.

How Common Is The Last Name Sokunle? popularity and diffusion

The last name Sokunle is the 1,163,787th most commonly held surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 35,549,004 people. The surname Sokunle occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Sokunle reside; 95 percent reside in West Africa and 95 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,024,661st most common forename throughout the world, held by 14 people.

This surname is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 194 people, or 1 in 913,107. In Nigeria it is most common in: Ogun, where 46 percent reside, Lagos, where 22 percent reside and Oyo, where 18 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also found in England, where 3 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Shokunle93209/
Sakunle86105/
Sekunle863/
Shakunle8071/
Shukunle803/
Shokumle801/
Sakunla7118/
Sakunli715/
Sokonla711/
Sakunlai6753/
Shokonla674/
Shakunla673/
Jadkunle671/
Sukunlaya631/
Chakounle631/
Sequinelle592/
Sakonla573/
Zocunelli5010/
Zukunelli506/
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Sokunle Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sokunle in the Marathi language
सोकुंलेsokunle-

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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 Sokunle
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