Saakaa Surname
Approximately 276 people bear this surname
Saakaa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 256 | 1:691,964 | 32,018 |
| India | 19 | 1:40,371,862 | 445,856 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
Saakaa (63) may also be a first name.
Saakaa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Saakaa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Saakaa is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Saakaa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 948,111th most commonly used family name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 26,404,152 people. The last name Saakaa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 93 percent of Saakaa are found; 93 percent are found in West Africa and 93 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,234,572nd most common first name world-wide It is held by 63 people.
The surname Saakaa is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is held by 256 people, or 1 in 691,964. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Benue, where 85 percent are found, Taraba, where 6 percent are found and Nasarawa, where 5 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria Saakaa occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in India, where 7 percent are found and Iceland, where 0 percent are found.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Saakaa
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