Sakaja Surname
Approximately 245 people bear this surname
Sakaja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 164 | 1:281,585 | 18,349 |
| Indonesia | 40 | 1:3,306,230 | 179,945 |
| Zimbabwe | 24 | 1:643,260 | 47,966 |
| Uganda | 6 | 1:6,506,546 | 123,710 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Zambia | 2 | 1:7,924,961 | 45,994 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Šakaja (1) are calculated separately.
Sakaja (18) may also be a first name.
Sakaja Demographics
Sakaja Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Sakaja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sakaja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sakaja occurs most in Kenya. It may also be found as: Šakaja. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sakaja? popularity and diffusion
The last name Sakaja is the 1,028,911th most commonly held surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 29,745,085 people. The surname Sakaja is primarily found in Africa, where 82 percent of Sakaja are found; 70 percent are found in East Africa and 42 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Sakaja is also the 2,608,198th most frequently occurring first name in the world It is held by 18 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Kenya, where it is borne by 164 people, or 1 in 281,585. In Kenya it is most numerous in: Trans Nzoia County, where 52 percent live, Migori County, where 31 percent live and Nairobi County, where 5 percent live. Apart from Kenya this last name exists in 8 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 16 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 10 percent live.
Sakaja Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Sakaja last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Sakaja
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