Sakanga Surname
Approximately 472 people bear this surname
Sakanga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 294 | 1:251,291 | 23,908 |
| Zambia | 121 | 1:130,991 | 9,752 |
| France | 24 | 1:2,767,613 | 196,808 |
| Central African Republic | 16 | 1:282,212 | 92 |
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| Chad | 4 | 1:3,398,050 | 7,703 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Sakanga (21) may also be a first name.
Sakanga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sakanga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sakanga is carried by more people in The DR Congo than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sakanga? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 642,991st most commonly used last name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 15,439,716 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Sakanga live; 66 percent live in Central Africa and 63 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,368,944th most common forename on earth. It is borne by 21 people.
Sakanga is most numerous in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 294 people, or 1 in 251,291. Aside from The DR Congo this last name is found in 12 countries. It is also common in Zambia, where 26 percent live and France, where 5 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
- 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 Sakanga
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