Sookdev Surname

1,511,557th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 138 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Sookdev Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sookdev Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1381:392,59234,819

Sookdev (259) may also be a first name.

Sookdev Last Name Facts

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

Sookdev (Hindi: सूकदेव) is more frequently found in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sookdev? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,511,557th most common surname in the world, held by around 1 in 52,808,304 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Sookdev live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 553,262nd most common forename internationally. It is borne by 259 people.

The last name Sookdev is most frequently used in South Africa, where it is carried by 138 people, or 1 in 392,592. In South Africa Sookdev is most prevalent in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 92 percent live, Gauteng, where 7 percent live and Eastern Cape, where 1 percent live.

Sookdev Last Name Statistics demography

Sookdev earn notably more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 16.61% more than the national average, earning R 277,104 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sookdhev9316/
Sookdew86368/
Sookdeb86108/
Sookdav861/
Sookdhew8088/
Sukdev77208/
Sakdev7752/
Sokdef771/
Soekdew7165/
Sogdiev7138/
Sukdhev7125/
Sakdiev7111/
Sogdeev7111/
Shukdev717/
Sakdeev712/
Sookdib711/
Sukdheva678/
Songhdev671/

Sookdev Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sookdev in the Hindi language
सूकदेवsukadeva-

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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 Sookdev
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