Sakafu Surname

611,703rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 505 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Sakafu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sakafu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania5001:105,88310,296
Taiwan31:7,814,91541,694
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795

Sakafu Last Name Facts

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

The surname Sakafu is found most in Tanzania. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sakafu? popularity and diffusion

Sakafu is the 611,703rd most commonly occurring family name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 14,430,784 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Sakafu are found; 99 percent are found in East Africa and 99 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.

This surname is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is borne by 500 people, or 1 in 105,883. In Tanzania it is most common in: Iringa Region, where 47 percent live, Dar es Salaam Region, where 25 percent live and Rukwa Region, where 20 percent live. Aside from Tanzania Sakafu exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Taiwan, where 1 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sakafou921/
Sakafuch861/
Sekafu831/
Jakafu831/
Djakafou712/
Sekefu676/
Sokofu672/
Sokefu671/
Saqafoe621/
Sekéfou621/
Sokaphu621/
Shokefui572/
Sekeufou571/
Sakhephu571/
Sekhaphau536/
Zekefu501/

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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 Sakafu
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