Sakah Surname
Approximately 2,167 people bear this surname
Sakah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Syria | 872 | 1:22,134 | 1,586 |
| Malawi | 523 | 1:32,733 | 4,882 |
| Morocco | 273 | 1:126,286 | 22,036 |
| Cameroon | 210 | 1:98,900 | 11,715 |
| Nigeria | 102 | 1:1,736,694 | 63,540 |
| Indonesia | 54 | 1:2,449,059 | 145,688 |
| Pakistan | 54 | 1:3,308,220 | 25,711 |
| Liberia | 11 | 1:400,776 | 20,681 |
| India | 9 | 1:85,229,487 | 684,495 |
| Malaysia | 9 | 1:3,277,136 | 121,952 |
| Kenya | 7 | 1:6,597,129 | 51,431 |
| Tunisia | 6 | 1:101,771 | 14,710 |
| Palestine | 5 | 1:909,770 | 15,190 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| Libya | 4 | 1:1,560,994 | 3,087 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Sakah (319) may also be a first name.
Sakah Demographics
Average Sakah Salary in
United States
$34,375 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Sakah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sakah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sakah (Arabic: صاخ, Hindi: सकाह, Marathi: शख, Oriya: ସକହ) occurs more in Syria more than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sakah? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 193,975th most widely held surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 3,362,965 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 53 percent of Sakah reside; 40 percent reside in West Asia and 40 percent reside in Levant. It is also the 491,536th most commonly used first name throughout the world, borne by 319 people.
The surname Sakah is most prevalent in Syria, where it is carried by 872 people, or 1 in 22,134. In Syria it is most frequent in: Rif Dimashq Governorate, where 100 percent live. Outside of Syria Sakah exists in 26 countries. It also occurs in Malawi, where 24 percent live and Morocco, where 13 percent live.
Sakah Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Sakah has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name rose 150 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Sakah Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
The amount Sakah earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 20.33% less than the national average, earning $34,375 USD per year and in Canada they earn 30.7% less than the national average, earning $34,432 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sakah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sakah in the Oriya language | ||
| ସକହ | sakaha | - |
| Sakah in the Marathi language | ||
| शख | sakha | 66.67 |
| सकाह | sakaha | 33.33 |
| Sakah in the Hindi language | ||
| सकाह | sakaha | 50 |
| सकहा | sakaha | 50 |
| Sakah in the Arabic language | ||
| صاخ | sakh | - |
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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
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- 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 Sakah
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