Sookye Surname
Approximately 69 people bear this surname
Sookye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritius | 63 | 1:20,530 | 4,273 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
Sookye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sookye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sookye is most common in Mauritius. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Sookye click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sookye? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,293,424th most prevalent last name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 105,616,607 people. The surname Sookye is mostly found in Africa, where 91 percent of Sookye reside; 91 percent reside in Southern Africa and 91 percent reside in Southern African Indian Ocean.
The last name is most commonly held in Mauritius, where it is borne by 63 people, or 1 in 20,530. In Mauritius Sookye is primarily concentrated in: Grand Port District, where 89 percent are found, Pamplemousses District, where 6 percent are found and Plaines Wilhems District, where 2 percent are found. Barring Mauritius it is found in one country. It is also found in England, where 9 percent are found.
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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 Sookye
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