Sowkat Surname
Approximately 901 people bear this surname
Sowkat Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bangladesh | 811 | 1:196,494 | 6,734 |
| Iraq | 68 | 1:515,024 | 8,412 |
| India | 17 | 1:45,121,493 | 474,784 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Sowkat (5,470) may also be a first name.
Sowkat Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sowkat Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sowkat (Marathi: सौकत, Oriya: ସକାତ) occurs in Bangladesh more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sowkat? popularity and diffusion
Sowkat is the 392,486th most prevalent surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 8,088,286 people. The last name Sowkat occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Sowkat reside; 92 percent reside in South Asia and 90 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 90,840th most frequently held first name on earth, held by 5,470 people.
This last name is most widely held in Bangladesh, where it is borne by 811 people, or 1 in 196,494. Beside Bangladesh this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in Iraq, where 8 percent reside and India, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sowkat Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sowkat in the Oriya language | ||
| ସକାତ | sakata | - |
| Sowkat in the Marathi language | ||
| सौकत | saukata | - |
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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 Sowkat
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