Sakander Surname

1,206,588th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 195 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Pakistan
Highest density in:
Tunisia

Sakander Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sakander Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Pakistan1431:1,249,25814,705
England251:2,228,72284,230
India191:40,371,862445,856
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Sakander (1,375) may also be a first name.

Sakander Last Name Facts

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

The last name Sakander is carried by more people in Pakistan than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sakander? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,206,588th most commonly occurring family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 37,372,030 people. The surname is primarily found in Asia, where 84 percent of Sakander are found; 84 percent are found in South Asia and 82 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. Sakander is also the 211,204th most commonly occurring first name world-wide. It is borne by 1,375 people.

The last name is most frequently held in Pakistan, where it is carried by 143 people, or 1 in 1,249,258. In Pakistan it is most frequent in: Punjab, where 73 percent are found, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, where 8 percent are found and Balochistan, where 7 percent are found. Besides Pakistan this last name exists in 9 countries. It is also found in England, where 13 percent are found and India, where 10 percent are found.

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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 Sakander
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