Sakalang Surname

3,141,416th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 39 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Philippines

Sakalang Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sakalang Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines371:2,736,168135,784
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784

Sakalang (10) may also be a first name.

Sakalang Last Name Facts

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

The surname Sakalang (Bengali: সাকলং) occurs more in The Philippines more than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sakalang? popularity and diffusion

Sakalang is the 3,141,416th most widely held last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 186,860,152 people. The last name Sakalang occurs predominantly in Asia, where 97 percent of Sakalang are found; 97 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 95 percent are found in Fil-Southeast Asia. Sakalang is also the 3,684,242nd most commonly occurring given name world-wide, held by 10 people.

This surname is most commonly used in The Philippines, where it is held by 37 people, or 1 in 2,736,168. In The Philippines Sakalang is most numerous in: Davao Region, where 54 percent reside and Northern Mindanao, where 46 percent reside. Excluding The Philippines it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 3 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 3 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sacalang88102/
Sakalong8828/
Jakalang887/
Cakalang883/
Sekalang881/
Sakkalong827/
Siokalang824/
Seekalang822/
Sakaliong821/
Sekhalangh789/
Sokolang751/
Sekalong751/
Shakolong711/
Chookalang671/
Sekolong631/
Cacallong5921/
Sokotlong591/
Zakalyonkova5034/

Sakalang Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sakalang in the Bengali language
সাকলংsakalam-

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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 Sakalang
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