El-Sakka Surname

364,871st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 989 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Egypt

El-Sakka Surname User-submission:

It is an Arabic surname, which comes from the word for 'water provider' or 'water seller', an ancient occupation in Middle East and Turkey.

El-Sakka Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Egypt9151:100,4768,511
Australia521:519,14839,018
Sweden91:1,094,08481,336
Kuwait41:950,17418,811
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
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El-Sakka Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

It is an Arabic surname, which comes from the word for 'water provider' or 'water seller', an ancient occupation in Middle East and Turkey.

- assaqa
DNA test information

El-Sakka Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name El-Sakka Come From? nationality or country of origin

El-Sakka is most common in Egypt. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name El-Sakka? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 364,871st most commonly held surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 7,368,601 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 93 percent of El-Sakka reside; 93 percent reside in North Africa and 93 percent reside in Arabic North Africa.

It is most frequent in Egypt, where it is borne by 915 people, or 1 in 100,476. Other than Egypt it is found in 11 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 5 percent are found and Sweden, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
El-Saka93680/
El Sakka8811,065/
El-Zakka8811/
El-Sakaa884/
El Saka801,045/
El-Saqa80122/
El-Sakkout782/
El-Saket75183/
El Sakaa75122/
El Sakha759/
El-Saqqa755/
El Sekka751/
El Shakaa71853/
El Shakky714/
El Shakay712/
El-Shacke711/
El Saqa6713,030/
El Saki6746/
El-Zaky674/
El Shaka'a674/
El Sakkout674/
El Zaka673/
El Shaikah671/
El-Saqi671/
El Soka671/
El Shakath671/
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to El-Sakka
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