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
The surname Sakame (Marathi: सकामे, Russian: Сакаме) occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sakame? popularity and diffusion
The surname Sakame is the 1,231,034th most commonly held family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 38,558,444 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Sakame live; 84 percent live in Central Africa and 84 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Sakame is also the 1,396,783rd most frequent first name on earth, borne by 51 people.
The last name is most widespread in Cameroon, where it is borne by 178 people, or 1 in 116,680. In Cameroon Sakame is mostly concentrated in: Northwest Region, where 63 percent live, West Region, where 17 percent live and Adamawa Region, where 8 percent live. Barring Cameroon this surname exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in India, where 4 percent live and Brazil, where 1 percent live.
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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