Sookan Surname
Approximately 254 people bear this surname
Sookan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 136 | 1:398,365 | 35,171 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 46 | 1:29,652 | 3,073 |
| Mauritius | 41 | 1:31,547 | 6,386 |
| Guyana | 27 | 1:28,230 | 3,128 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Sookan (27) may also be a first name.
Sookan Demographics
Average Sookan Salary in
South Africa
R 286,248
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Sookan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sookan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sookan (Hindi: सूकन) occurs most in South Africa. It can also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sookan? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,003,904th most frequent surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 28,691,126 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 70 percent of Sookan are found; 70 percent are found in Southern Africa and 54 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,036,353rd most prevalent first name world-wide. It is borne by 27 people.
The last name Sookan is most commonly occurring in South Africa, where it is held by 136 people, or 1 in 398,365. In South Africa it is primarily concentrated in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 98 percent live, Eastern Cape, where 1 percent live and Free State, where 1 percent live. Beside South Africa this last name exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Trinidad and Tobago, where 18 percent live and Mauritius, where 16 percent live.
Sookan Last Name Statistics demography
Sookan earn notably more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 20.46% more than the national average, earning R 286,248 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sookan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sookan in the Hindi language | ||
| सूकन | sukana | - |
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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 Sookan
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis