Sorokou Surname
Approximately 444 people bear this surname
Sorokou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 387 | 1:26,707 | 3,561 |
| Greece | 44 | 1:251,813 | 38,343 |
| Cyprus | 13 | 1:68,067 | 7,075 |
Sorokou (59) may also be a first name.
Sorokou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sorokou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sorokou has its highest incidence in Benin. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sorokou? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 672,867th most frequent surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 16,413,392 people. The surname Sorokou occurs mostly in Africa, where 87 percent of Sorokou live; 87 percent live in West Africa and 87 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Sorokou is also the 1,282,666th most widely held first name worldwide, held by 59 people.
This surname is most frequently used in Benin, where it is borne by 387 people, or 1 in 26,707. In Benin it is most frequent in: Borgou Department, where 57 percent are found, Alibori Department, where 30 percent are found and Donga Department, where 7 percent are found. Aside from Benin this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Greece, where 10 percent are found and Cyprus, where 3 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
- 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 Sorokou
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