Sorkou Surname
Approximately 70 people bear this surname
Sorkou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 44 | 1:234,900 | 21,145 |
| Greece | 25 | 1:443,192 | 58,048 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
Sorkou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sorkou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sorkou occurs most in Benin. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sorkou? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,273,756th most widely held family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 104,107,799 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 63 percent of Sorkou live; 63 percent live in West Africa and 63 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
Sorkou is most commonly held in Benin, where it is carried by 44 people, or 1 in 234,900. In Benin Sorkou is most numerous in: Borgou Department, where 93 percent reside, Atakora Department, where 5 percent reside and Donga Department, where 2 percent reside. Besides Benin Sorkou occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Greece, where 36 percent reside and The Ivory Coast, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Sorkou
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