Sakars Surname

5,213,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Latvia
Highest density in:
Latvia

Sakars Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sakars Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Latvia81:256,25623,728
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Germany11:80,505,459560,955

The alternate forms: Šakars (14) are calculated separately.

Sakars Last Name Facts

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

The last name Sakars (Hindi: सकर्स, Marathi: सकसर्) is carried by more people in Latvia than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms: Šakars. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sakars? popularity and diffusion

Sakars is the 5,213,395th most commonly occurring family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 520,538,994 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 86 percent of Sakars are found; 79 percent are found in Northern Europe and 57 percent are found in Baltic Europe.

The last name Sakars is most commonly used in Latvia, where it is carried by 8 people, or 1 in 256,256. In Latvia it is mostly found in: Semigallia, where 38 percent live, Vidzeme, where 38 percent live and Riga Planning Region, where 25 percent live. Apart from Latvia this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 14 percent live and Sweden, where 14 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Šakars9414/
Sakers83256/
Cakars8370/
Zakars837/
Sacars835/
Sakors834/
Jakars831/
Sakkers77338/
Sackers77238/
Shakers7720/
Zakhars7718/
Chakars772/
Sekhars772/
Sacarse771/
Zakkars771/
Sokhars771/
Shekars771/
Jakkars771/
Saykers770/
Shekhars717/
Schakers712/
Shakours711/
Shakeers711/
Schaekers67309/
Zakers67137/
Schackers6722/
Sekers6719/
Sekors676/
Jokars671/
Socars670/
Zacars670/

Sakars Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sakars in the Hindi language
सकर्सsakarsa-
Sakars in the Marathi language
सकसर्sakasar-

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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 Sakars
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