Sokurov Surname

119,711th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,837 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Russia
Highest density in:
South Ossetia

Sokurov Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sokurov Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Russia3,6251:39,7585,366
Kazakhstan631:280,67523,957
Kyrgyzstan451:132,72614,810
Ukraine391:1,167,249102,683
Georgia371:101,2318,829
Estonia81:165,22626,217
Bulgaria71:996,98634,534
South Ossetia51:10,686964
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Turkmenistan11:5,489,11211,427
Uzbekistan11:30,929,14267,786

The alternate forms: Şökürov (1) are calculated separately.

Sokurov Last Name Facts

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

Sokurov (Georgian: სოკუროვი, Russian: Сокуров) is found most in Russia. It may also be found as: Şökürov. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sokurov? popularity and diffusion

The last name Sokurov is the 119,711th most commonly used surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 1,899,282 people. It is mostly found in Europe, where 94 percent of Sokurov are found; 94 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 82 percent are found in North Caucasus.

The surname Sokurov is most frequently held in Russia, where it is borne by 3,625 people, or 1 in 39,758. In Russia it is mostly concentrated in: Kabardino-Balkar Republic, where 82 percent are found, Republic of North Ossetia-Alania, where 4 percent are found and Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, where 2 percent are found. Other than Russia this last name occurs in 11 countries. It also occurs in Kazakhstan, where 2 percent are found and Kyrgyzstan, where 1 percent are found.

Sokurov Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Sokurov surname is chiefly Orthodox (73%) in Russia and Muslim (100%) in Kazakhstan.

In The United States those bearing the Sokurov last name are 19.9% more likely to be registered with the United Russia Party than The US average, with 66.67% being registered with the party.

Phonetically Similar Names

Sokurov Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sokurov in the Georgian language
სოკუროვიsokurovi88.89
სოკუროვsokurov11.11
Sokurov in the Russian language
Сокуровsokurov-

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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
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