Sokoto
loc · Latin script
Meaning: Sokoto; the state/ruler reference tied to Bello
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Sokoto is a name written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in Nigeria.
- NGNigeria
- GHGhana
- GBUnited Kingdom
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Sokoto; the state/ruler reference tied to Bello
Sources 1
- African Muslim Names
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Recorded in:
No national register we accept counts this name’s bearers, so the page lists where it is found and publishes no figure.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Sokoto is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Yoruba, the Sokoto Caliphate
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In bba, trousers, pants
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Latvian, Štats Nigērijā ("Sokoto"), platība - 25973 kvadrātkilometri, 3697000 iedzīvotāju (2006. g.), atrodas valsts ziemeļrietumu daļā
as a wordTēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)
In Latvian, pilsēta Nigērijā ("Sokoto"), štata administratīvais centrs, 583000 iedzīvotāju (2005. g.)
as a wordTēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)
In Latvian, upe Nigērijā ("Sokoto"), Nigēras kreisā krasta pieteka
as a wordTēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Evidence(measured from records)
No register attests this spelling yet
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Sokoto mean, and where does it come from?
- Sokoto; the state/ruler reference tied to Bello Recorded by African Muslim Names.
- In which country does Sokoto have the most bearers?
- Sokoto is most frequently recorded in Nigeria.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
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Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Sokoto”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.