Sachem Surname
Approximately 32 people bear this surname
Sachem Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 28 | 1:410,594 | 42,948 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Sachem (23) may also be a first name.
Sachem Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sachem Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sachem is carried by more people in Belgium than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Sachem.
How Common Is The Last Name Sachem? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,485,539th most frequent family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 227,735,810 people. The last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 88 percent of Sachem live; 88 percent live in Western Europe and 84 percent live in Germanic Europe. Sachem is also the 2,239,265th most widespread forename worldwide It is held by 23 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Belgium, where it is carried by 28 people, or 1 in 410,594. In Belgium it is mostly concentrated in: Flemish Region, where 96 percent reside and Walloon Region, where 4 percent reside. Aside from Belgium this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 3 percent reside and Canada, where 3 percent reside.
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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 Sachem
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