Sakanyi Surname
Approximately 411 people bear this surname
Sakanyi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 301 | 1:52,658 | 4,911 |
| DR Congo | 103 | 1:717,277 | 51,618 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Sakanyi (26) may also be a first name.
Sakanyi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sakanyi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sakanyi occurs in Zambia more than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Sakanyi.
How Common Is The Last Name Sakanyi? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 712,393rd most numerous family name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 17,731,255 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Sakanyi reside; 74 percent reside in Southern Africa and 74 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Sakanyi is also the 2,084,397th most commonly used forename world-wide, held by 26 people.
It is most widely held in Zambia, where it is carried by 301 people, or 1 in 52,658. In Zambia Sakanyi is most frequent in: North-Western Province, where 81 percent are found, Copperbelt Province, where 16 percent are found and Central Province, where 1 percent are found. Outside of Zambia it exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 25 percent are found and South Africa, where 1 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
- 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 Sakanyi
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