Sakal Surname
Approximately 13,188 people bear this surname
Sakal Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 3,686 | 1:208,102 | 12,431 |
| Turkey | 2,490 | 1:31,254 | 3,400 |
| Ukraine | 1,644 | 1:27,690 | 3,989 |
| Bangladesh | 901 | 1:176,867 | 6,245 |
| Philippines | 770 | 1:131,478 | 22,392 |
| Chad | 770 | 1:17,652 | 2,191 |
| United States | 597 | 1:607,134 | 49,332 |
| Israel | 369 | 1:23,191 | 3,422 |
| Morocco | 307 | 1:112,300 | 19,480 |
| Serbia | 245 | 1:29,163 | 3,140 |
| Yemen | 208 | 1:127,045 | 6,860 |
| Canada | 135 | 1:272,930 | 25,634 |
| Algeria | 133 | 1:290,463 | 28,978 |
| Slovakia | 114 | 1:46,811 | 8,954 |
| Russia | 97 | 1:1,485,805 | 102,006 |
| Croatia | 69 | 1:61,284 | 11,351 |
| United Arab Emirates | 57 | 1:160,742 | 11,909 |
| Papua New Guinea | 54 | 1:150,995 | 20,848 |
| Germany | 53 | 1:1,518,971 | 91,373 |
| Lebanon | 50 | 1:112,742 | 6,349 |
| DR Congo | 41 | 1:1,801,941 | 95,514 |
| Cambodia | 40 | 1:387,179 | 3,849 |
| England | 39 | 1:1,428,668 | 62,556 |
| Argentina | 38 | 1:1,124,827 | 67,975 |
| Australia | 22 | 1:1,227,077 | 66,405 |
| Denmark | 20 | 1:282,236 | 21,168 |
| Malaysia | 20 | 1:1,474,711 | 61,770 |
| Pakistan | 19 | 1:9,402,310 | 46,838 |
| Mexico | 15 | 1:8,275,080 | 36,578 |
| Spain | 14 | 1:3,339,431 | 67,428 |
| Venezuela | 14 | 1:2,157,434 | 25,468 |
| Switzerland | 13 | 1:631,763 | 43,230 |
| Sweden | 10 | 1:984,676 | 73,605 |
| Indonesia | 10 | 1:13,224,919 | 434,432 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Cameroon | 9 | 1:2,307,674 | 112,590 |
| Czechia | 9 | 1:1,181,497 | 85,740 |
| Bulgaria | 8 | 1:872,363 | 31,900 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 7 | 1:194,854 | 9,403 |
| France | 7 | 1:9,488,960 | 336,266 |
| Brazil | 6 | 1:35,679,055 | 486,536 |
| Slovenia | 6 | 1:414,612 | 18,975 |
| Moldova | 6 | 1:593,561 | 36,655 |
| Poland | 5 | 1:7,601,750 | 167,855 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| Romania | 2 | 1:10,038,935 | 80,612 |
| Azerbaijan | 2 | 1:4,824,561 | 42,415 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 2 | 1:2,986,327 | 84,533 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Congo | 2 | 1:2,494,548 | 28,763 |
| Iran | 2 | 1:38,391,262 | 236,033 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Turkmenistan | 1 | 1:5,489,112 | 11,427 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Transnistria | 1 | 1:474,699 | 17,893 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
The alternate forms: Sakál (25) & Šakal (2) are calculated separately.
Sakal (25,711) may also be a first name.
Sakal Demographics
Sakal Political Affiliation
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Sakal Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sakal Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sakal (Bengali: সকাল, Hindi: सकल, Marathi: साकल, Oriya: ସକଳ, Russian: Сакаль, Tibetan: ས་ཀལ་) has its highest incidence in India. It may appear in the variant forms: Sakál or Šakal. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sakal? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 39,800th most prevalent last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 552,589 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 62 percent of Sakal live; 35 percent live in South Asia and 28 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 31,312th most frequently held given name internationally It is held by 25,711 people.
This surname is most commonly held in India, where it is carried by 3,686 people, or 1 in 208,102. In India Sakal is most common in: Uttar Pradesh, where 57 percent are found, Gujarat, where 17 percent are found and Andhra Pradesh, where 11 percent are found. Aside from India Sakal occurs in 74 countries. It is also found in Turkey, where 19 percent are found and Ukraine, where 12 percent are found.
Sakal Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Sakal has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name rose 19,900 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Sakal Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the surname is predominantly Maronite (54%) in Lebanon and Orthodox (68%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those holding the Sakal surname are 11.21% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 57.98% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Sakal earn in different countries varies significantly. In United States they earn 12.62% more than the national average, earning $48,596 USD per year and in Canada they earn 17.45% less than the national average, earning $41,014 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sakal Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sakal in the Tibetan language | ||
| ས་ཀལ་ | sakal | - |
| Sakal in the Hindi language | ||
| सकल | sakala | 97.77 |
| साकल | sakala | 1.72 |
| सकाल | sakala | 0.2 |
| साकाल | sakala | 0.16 |
| सकल़ | sakala | 0.04 |
| शकल | sakala | 0.04 |
| Sakal in the Oriya language | ||
| ସକଳ | sakala | 46.94 |
| ସକଲ | sakala | 29.59 |
| ସାକଲ | sakala | 6.12 |
| ସକାଲ | sakala | 4.08 |
| ସାକାଲ | sakala | 4.08 |
| ସାକାଲ୍ | sakal | 2.04 |
| ସାକାଲତାି | sakalatai | 2.04 |
| ସକାଳ | sakala | 1.02 |
| ଶାକଳ | sakala | 1.02 |
| ସାକ | saka | 1.02 |
| Sakal in the Bengali language | ||
| সকাল | sakala | 42.86 |
| সকল | sakala | 42.86 |
| সাকাল | sakala | 14.29 |
| Sakal in the Marathi language | ||
| साकल | sakala | 41.99 |
| सकल | sakala | 37.57 |
| सकळ | sakala | 4.97 |
| साकळ | sakala | 4.42 |
| सकाळ | sakala | 3.31 |
| सकाल | sakala | 2.21 |
| सपकाळ | sapakala | 2.21 |
| साकाळ | sakala | 1.1 |
| शिकल | sikala | 0.55 |
| Sakal in the Russian language | ||
| Сакаль | sakal | - |
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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
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