Sokwa Surname
Approximately 281 people bear this surname
Sokwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 109 | 1:677,794 | 49,381 |
| Botswana | 50 | 1:43,739 | 8,388 |
| Cameroon | 44 | 1:472,024 | 38,779 |
| Nigeria | 31 | 1:5,714,283 | 142,531 |
| Uganda | 26 | 1:1,501,511 | 54,973 |
| Tanzania | 10 | 1:5,294,161 | 57,086 |
| Papua New Guinea | 8 | 1:1,019,215 | 101,897 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Sokwa (31) may also be a first name.
Sokwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sokwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sokwa is most common in The DR Congo. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sokwa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Sokwa is the 935,326th most common last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 25,934,327 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Sokwa reside; 52 percent reside in Central Africa and 52 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,874,099th most frequently held first name in the world, held by 31 people.
The surname Sokwa is most frequently held in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 109 people, or 1 in 677,794. Aside from The DR Congo it occurs in 8 countries. It is also found in Botswana, where 18 percent live and Cameroon, where 16 percent live.
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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 Sokwa
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