Sookanathan Surname
Approximately 21 people bear this surname
Sookanathan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 13 | 1:4,167,516 | 132,322 |
| New Zealand | 8 | 1:566,040 | 34,598 |
Sookanathan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sookanathan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sookanathan has its highest incidence in South Africa. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sookanathan? popularity and diffusion
The last name Sookanathan is the 4,307,654th most frequently used family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 347,025,996 people. Sookanathan is primarily found in Africa, where 62 percent of Sookanathan reside; 62 percent reside in Southern Africa and 62 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
The surname is most frequent in South Africa, where it is borne by 13 people, or 1 in 4,167,516. In South Africa Sookanathan is most frequent in: Mpumalanga, where 54 percent reside and Gauteng, where 46 percent reside. Not including South Africa it exists in one country. It is also common in New Zealand, where 38 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sokanathan | 95 | 2 | / |
| Sockanathan | 91 | 53 | / |
| Sokkanathan | 91 | 10 | / |
| Sakanathan | 86 | 1 | / |
| Jakanathan | 76 | 17 | / |
| Sutkaynatan | 73 | 31 | / |
| Jakanathanh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Jakanatan | 70 | 3 | / |
| Jakannatan | 67 | 9 | / |
| Jaqanathan | 67 | 3 | / |
| Jacanathan | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Sookanathan
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