Sookah Surname

1,658,108th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 120 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mauritius
Highest density in:
Mauritius

Sookah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sookah Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mauritius661:19,5974,046
Nigeria411:4,320,555118,938
United States91:40,273,215872,126
Trinidad and Tobago31:454,65814,297
India11:767,065,3821,851,717

Sookah Last Name Facts

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

The surname Sookah is found most frequently in Mauritius. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sookah? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,658,108th most common family name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 60,729,549 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 89 percent of Sookah live; 55 percent live in Southern Africa and 55 percent live in Southern African Indian Ocean.

It is most commonly used in Mauritius, where it is borne by 66 people, or 1 in 19,597. In Mauritius it is primarily concentrated in: Savanne District, where 100 percent are found. Besides Mauritius this last name occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 34 percent are found and The United States, where 8 percent are found.

Sookah Last Name Statistics demography

Sookah earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 26.71% less than the national average, earning $31,625 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sohoka8318/
Souoka838/
Soooka831/
Soyoka831/
Sogioka7719/
Shojoka774/
Shookoh773/
Saokaah771/
Suohoka771/
Saoka7348/
Soaka7341/
Soookkho711/
Sohoukat711/
Soakai67851/
Souaka67261/
Sahoka6734/
Saokho6733/
Shaoka6730/
Siaoka6726/
Joakah676/
Saokai674/
Shoaka674/
Sohaka672/
Saokad671/
Sohoko671/
Soyoko671/
Saoyka671/
Saouka671/
Jouoka671/
Soakas671/

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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 Sookah
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