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Worldwide, Sokollu (Мехмед , מהמט , Sokollu ) is quite a common male first name. The first name Sokollu is characteristic of Bulgaria, where it is quite a common masculine name, Kazakhstan, where it is a very rare male name, and Russia, where it is an extremely rare boy's name. Likewise, Sokollu is the last name as well as the forename.
Sokollu is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Mehmet Karahanlı , the Fictional character from Valley of the Wolves TV series; Mehmet Osman , the Fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders and Мехмед , character in Harambasha Micko: Serbian duke and prisoner in Fesan.