Sokol surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Sokol surname

In the 2000 U.S. Census, 5,517 people carried this name — #5,751 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 48,800 people counted.

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In Poland’s population register

8,932 people named Sokol have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 10,689 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in all 16 of Poland’s voivodeships, most of all in Masovian.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Masovian 1,165
Lublin 1,057
Silesian 987
Lesser Poland 883
Podlaskie 807
Subcarpathian 773
Lower Silesian 512
Holy Cross 468

PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 181 people named Sokol.

75 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 24 départements, most often Aisne.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 75
Aisne 21
Pas-de-Calais 20
Paris 9
Moselle 8
Hérault 7
Gard 5
Puy-de-Dôme 4
Nord 4

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

53 people named Sokol live in Switzerland.

They live in 11 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Zurich 13
Vaud 6
Geneva 5
Obwalden 5
Zug 4
Aargau 4
Bern 4
Schwyz 3

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

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