El Sakka Surname

46,827th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11,065 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Syria
Highest density in:
Palestine

El Sakka Surname User-submission:

The surname may refer to a group of soldiers who were providing water supplies to the Ottoman army units. Holders of the surname may have an ancestor who was working in this profession.

El Sakka Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Syria3,2441:5,950637
Palestine3,0191:1,507280
Jordan1,9861:4,452899
Egypt1,6781:54,7895,270
Lebanon3791:14,8742,027
Kuwait2411:15,7712,101
Saudi Arabia2391:129,10417,726
United Arab Emirates1871:48,9964,914
Tunisia401:15,2662,487
Yemen181:1,468,07212,178
Sweden101:984,67673,605
England71:7,959,723202,100
Iraq41:8,755,41423,373
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432

El Sakka Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The surname may refer to a group of soldiers who were providing water supplies to the Ottoman army units. Holders of the surname may have an ancestor who was working in this profession.

- ehab_eldeeb

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

El Sakka Last Name Facts

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

El Sakka has its highest incidence in Syria. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of El Sakka.

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

The surname is the 46,827th most commonly held last name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 658,612 people. The surname El Sakka occurs mostly in Asia, where 84 percent of El Sakka are found; 84 percent are found in West Asia and 78 percent are found in Levant.

The last name is most commonly held in Syria, where it is held by 3,244 people, or 1 in 5,950. In Syria it is primarily found in: Homs Governorate, where 76 percent live, Damascus Governorate, where 24 percent live and Aleppo Governorate, where 0 percent live. Besides Syria this surname occurs in 20 countries. It is also common in Palestine, where 27 percent live and Jordan, where 18 percent live.

El Sakka Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is chiefly Sunni (67%) in Lebanon.

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