Sakanda Surname
Approximately 456 people bear this surname
Sakanda Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 192 | 1:384,789 | 33,038 |
| Malawi | 105 | 1:163,039 | 16,499 |
| Thailand | 80 | 1:882,979 | 139,249 |
| Cameroon | 28 | 1:741,752 | 52,682 |
| Zimbabwe | 20 | 1:771,912 | 53,776 |
| Burkina Faso | 11 | 1:1,668,373 | 13,584 |
| Indonesia | 9 | 1:14,694,355 | 460,137 |
| Congo | 6 | 1:831,516 | 16,072 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
The alternate forms: Sakandã (1) are calculated separately.
Sakanda (34) may also be a first name.
Sakanda Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sakanda Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sakanda is found in The DR Congo more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant: Sakandã. For other potential spellings of Sakanda click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sakanda? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 659,458th most numerous family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 15,981,460 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 80 percent of Sakanda are found; 50 percent are found in Central Africa and 43 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,775,424th most widely held given name worldwide It is held by 34 people.
The surname Sakanda is most widely held in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 192 people, or 1 in 384,789. Barring The DR Congo this surname exists in 11 countries. It is also found in Malawi, where 23 percent live and Thailand, where 18 percent live.
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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 Sakanda
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