Sakan Surname
Approximately 11,811 people bear this surname
Sakan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 6,620 | 1:19,312 | 2,196 |
| Indonesia | 3,042 | 1:43,474 | 4,958 |
| Iran | 936 | 1:82,033 | 8,347 |
| India | 286 | 1:2,682,047 | 83,610 |
| Egypt | 153 | 1:600,887 | 32,813 |
| Pakistan | 128 | 1:1,395,655 | 15,659 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 116 | 1:30,486 | 4,729 |
| Papua New Guinea | 101 | 1:80,730 | 10,659 |
| Kazakhstan | 65 | 1:272,038 | 23,403 |
| Serbia | 60 | 1:119,082 | 8,988 |
| Turkey | 60 | 1:1,297,024 | 53,536 |
| Malaysia | 45 | 1:655,427 | 31,286 |
| Nigeria | 38 | 1:4,661,652 | 124,734 |
| Thailand | 33 | 1:2,140,556 | 247,258 |
| Croatia | 16 | 1:264,288 | 27,725 |
| Uganda | 15 | 1:2,602,619 | 75,106 |
| United States | 13 | 1:27,881,456 | 736,413 |
| Israel | 11 | 1:777,967 | 50,646 |
| Philippines | 10 | 1:10,123,822 | 213,993 |
| Afghanistan | 8 | 1:4,019,148 | 21,487 |
| Liberia | 6 | 1:734,756 | 29,369 |
| Benin | 6 | 1:1,722,600 | 61,769 |
| Ukraine | 5 | 1:9,104,539 | 300,808 |
| Cambodia | 5 | 1:3,097,429 | 8,690 |
| Ivory Coast | 4 | 1:5,767,808 | 55,416 |
| Iraq | 4 | 1:8,755,414 | 23,373 |
| Slovenia | 3 | 1:829,225 | 25,091 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Bulgaria | 2 | 1:3,489,452 | 64,958 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Transnistria | 1 | 1:474,699 | 17,893 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
The alternate forms: Šakan (31) & Sákán (13) are calculated separately.
Sakan (12,266) may also be a first name.
Sakan Demographics
Average Sakan Salary in
United States
$57,406 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Sakan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sakan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sakan (Arabic: ساكن, Bengali: সাকান, Hindi: सकन, Marathi: सकन, Oriya: ସକନ, Russian: Сакан) is borne by more people in Japan than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms: Šakan or Sákán. For other possible spellings of Sakan click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sakan? popularity and diffusion
Sakan is the 43,988th most numerous last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 617,013 people. The last name Sakan is primarily found in Asia, where 95 percent of Sakan reside; 56 percent reside in East Asia and 56 percent reside in Nippono-Asia. Sakan is also the 53,351st most widely held first name internationally, borne by 12,266 people.
It is most numerous in Japan, where it is carried by 6,620 people, or 1 in 19,312. In Japan it is mostly concentrated in: Aomori Prefecture, where 22 percent live, Kagoshima Prefecture, where 12 percent live and Osaka Prefecture, where 10 percent live. Besides Japan Sakan exists in 45 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 26 percent live and Iran, where 8 percent live.
Sakan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Sakan has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the last name increased 200 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Sakan Last Name Statistics demography
Sakan earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 33.04% more than the national average, earning $57,406 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sakan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sakan in the Bengali language | ||
| সাকান | sakana | - |
| Sakan in the Marathi language | ||
| सकन | sakana | 84.44 |
| साकान | sakana | 4.44 |
| सकान | sakana | 4.44 |
| सकण | sakana | 2.22 |
| सक | saka | 2.22 |
| शकन | sakana | 2.22 |
| Sakan in the Oriya language | ||
| ସକନ | sakana | 72.73 |
| ସାକନ | sakana | 18.18 |
| ସକଣ | sakana | 9.09 |
| Sakan in the Hindi language | ||
| सकन | sakana | 54.47 |
| सकां | sakam | 22.55 |
| सकना | sakana | 16.6 |
| साकन | sakana | 2.13 |
| सकं | sakam | 1.7 |
| सकान | sakana | 0.85 |
| साकान | sakana | 0.85 |
| साकं | sakam | 0.43 |
| साकँ | sakam | 0.43 |
| Sakan in the Russian language | ||
| Сакан | sakan | - |
| Sakan in the Arabic language | ||
| ساكن | sakn | - |
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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
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- 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 Sakan
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