Sakalu Surname

1,006,539th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 253 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Sakalu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sakalu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo1711:432,04435,878
India501:15,341,308250,737
Papua New Guinea291:281,16338,188
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539

Sakalu (2,056) may also be a first name.

Sakalu Last Name Facts

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

Sakalu (Hindi: सकालू, Marathi: सकळु, Oriya: ସକାଳୁ) is most common in The DR Congo. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sakalu? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,006,539th most frequent last name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 28,804,529 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 68 percent of Sakalu are found; 68 percent are found in Central Africa and 68 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Sakalu is also the 166,310th most commonly used first name at a global level. It is borne by 2,056 people.

This last name is most frequent in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 171 people, or 1 in 432,044. Other than The DR Congo it is found in 4 countries. It is also found in India, where 20 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 11 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Sakalu Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sakalu in the Hindi language
सकालूsakalu66.15
सकलूsakalu26.15
सकालुsakalu3.08
शाकलूsakalu3.08
साकालूsakalu1.54
Sakalu in the Marathi language
सकळुsakalu44.19
शंकरsankara18.6
सकळूsakalu13.95
सकलुsakalu4.65
साकळूsakalu4.65
सकाळूsakalu2.33
सकाळुsakalu2.33
सकालूsakalu2.33
साकळुsakalu2.33
सकालुsakalu2.33
साकलुsakalu2.33
Sakalu in the Oriya language
ସକାଳୁsakalu33.33
ସକାଲୁsakalu28.57
ସକଲୁsakalu19.05
ସକଳୁsakalu7.14
ସାକାଲୁsakalu7.14
ସାକଲୁsakalu4.76

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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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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Sakalu
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