Sakame Surname
Approximately 189 people bear this surname
Sakame Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 178 | 1:116,680 | 13,410 |
| India | 7 | 1:109,580,769 | 786,157 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Sakame (51) may also be a first name.
Sakame Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sakame Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sakame (Marathi: सकामे, Russian: Сакаме) occurs in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sakame? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,231,034th most numerous last name globally It is held by around 1 in 38,558,444 people. The last name Sakame is primarily found in Africa, where 95 percent of Sakame are found; 84 percent are found in Central Africa and 84 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Sakame is also the 1,396,783rd most commonly occurring first name globally, borne by 51 people.
It is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is held by 178 people, or 1 in 116,680. In Cameroon Sakame is most common in: Northwest Region, where 63 percent reside, West Region, where 17 percent reside and Adamawa Region, where 8 percent reside. Not including Cameroon it occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in India, where 4 percent reside and Brazil, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sakame Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sakame in the Marathi language | ||
| सकामे | sakame | 75 |
| सकमे | sakame | 25 |
| Sakame in the Russian language | ||
| Сакаме | sakame | - |
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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 Sakame
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