Sookchand Surname

2,979,664th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 43 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Trinidad and Tobago

Sookchand Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sookchand Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa231:2,355,55298,611
United States141:25,889,924709,614
Trinidad and Tobago51:272,79511,064
Guyana11:762,22114,420

Sookchand (10) may also be a first name.

Sookchand Last Name Facts

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

Sookchand is held by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sookchand? popularity and diffusion

The last name Sookchand is the 2,979,664th most commonly used surname throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 169,477,812 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 53 percent of Sookchand reside; 53 percent reside in Southern Africa and 53 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,684,242nd most frequently held first name world-wide, held by 10 people.

The surname is most common in South Africa, where it is carried by 23 people, or 1 in 2,355,552. In South Africa it is primarily found in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 100 percent live. Not including South Africa this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 33 percent live and Trinidad and Tobago, where 12 percent live.

Sookchand Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Sookchand earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 160.64% more than the national average, earning R 619,368 per year and in United States they earn 20.33% less than the national average, earning $34,375 USD per year.

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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 Sookchand
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