Sakals Surname
Approximately 40 people bear this surname
Sakals Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 21 | 1:3,833,593 | 163,016 |
| Latvia | 9 | 1:227,783 | 22,848 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
The alternate forms: Šakals (1) are calculated separately.
Sakals Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sakals Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sakals occurs in Germany more than any other country/territory. It may appear as: Šakals. Click here to see other potential spellings of Sakals.
How Common Is The Last Name Sakals? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 3,100,440th most widespread last name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 182,188,648 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 93 percent of Sakals reside; 58 percent reside in Western Europe and 53 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
Sakals is most frequently occurring in Germany, where it is held by 21 people, or 1 in 3,833,593. In Germany Sakals is most frequent in: Lower Saxony, where 52 percent are found, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 33 percent are found and Bavaria, where 10 percent are found. Apart from Germany this surname is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Latvia, where 23 percent are found and England, where 13 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Šakals | 94 | 1 | / |
| Sakales | 92 | 54 | / |
| Shakals | 92 | 1 | / |
| Sakalese | 86 | 31 | / |
| Sakols | 83 | 37 | / |
| Jakals | 83 | 4 | / |
| Jakkals | 77 | 249 | / |
| Jackals | 77 | 135 | / |
| Cakales | 77 | 4 | / |
| Szekals | 77 | 3 | / |
| Seikals | 77 | 3 | / |
| Sacales | 77 | 2 | / |
| Sekales | 77 | 0 | / |
| Chakales | 71 | 75 | / |
| Schakols | 71 | 43 | / |
| Cakkales | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sokols | 67 | 70 | / |
| Shackouls | 67 | 35 | / |
| Siakooles | 67 | 13 | / |
| Jacals | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shakalece | 67 | 1 | / |
| Schekalls | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Sakals
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