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The surname Sokka is an Finnish Ingrian surname and is found in parishes of Markkova, Skuoritsa, Antrea and Jääskis. People with this surname live in many countries: Russia, Finland, Estonia, Ukraine and Sweden. Spelling of the surname could be different in Russia - Sokko. There is also a rare, but documented and confirmed by a group of descendants, variant - Pechenkin. Please, order a Y-DNA test if you expect a match.
The surname is quite specific and based on many analyses of Y-DNA it is possible to draw the conclusion that they are in fact related, with a very few exeptions. Thus all men in this clade are, or should be, positive for SNP N-Y152012 (currently there are 3 more SNPs in the block, so changes are possible and the conclusion could be revised in the future). This SNP represents the most recent common ancestor and the TMRCA is estimated by YFull to be 450 years before present with a confidence interval for 95% probability being 800 to 150 years before present. According to FamilyTreeDNA's estimation the age is around 400 years, plus or minus 200 years.
Currently there are some defined branches, but further testing is needed and refinement of the branching is possible.
The surname is quite specific and based on many analyses of Y-DNA it is possible to draw the conclusion that they are in fact related, with a very few exeptions. Thus all men in this clade are, or should be, positive for SNP N-Y152012 (currently there are 3 more SNPs in the block, so changes are possible and the conclusion could be revised in the future). This SNP represents the most recent common ancestor and the TMRCA is estimated by YFull to be 450 years before present with a confidence interval for 95% probability being 800 to 150 years before present. According to FamilyTreeDNA's estimation the age is around 400 years, plus or minus 200 years.
Currently there are some defined branches, but further testing is needed and refinement of the branching is possible.