Sakaru Surname
Approximately 1,603 people bear this surname
Sakaru Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 1,014 | 1:38,500 | 4,949 |
| India | 558 | 1:1,374,669 | 53,103 |
| Nigeria | 21 | 1:8,435,369 | 179,591 |
| Iran | 9 | 1:8,531,392 | 160,212 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
Sakaru (2,809) may also be a first name.
Sakaru Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sakaru Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sakaru (Hindi: सकरू, Marathi: सकरू, Oriya: ସାକାରୁ) is found in Uganda more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sakaru? popularity and diffusion
The last name Sakaru is the 247,967th most frequently held family name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 4,546,192 people. The surname Sakaru is mostly found in Africa, where 65 percent of Sakaru reside; 63 percent reside in East Africa and 61 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 137,599th most commonly used given name throughout the world It is held by 2,809 people.
The surname Sakaru is most widely held in Uganda, where it is carried by 1,014 people, or 1 in 38,500. In Uganda it is mostly concentrated in: Arua District, where 59 percent reside, Maracha District, where 22 percent reside and Yumbe District, where 12 percent reside. Excluding Uganda it exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in India, where 35 percent reside and Nigeria, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sakaru Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sakaru in the Marathi language | ||
| सकरू | sakaru | 79.36 |
| सक | saka | 6.31 |
| साकरू | sakaru | 5.62 |
| सकरु | sakaru | 3.56 |
| शहारे | sahare | 0.34 |
| जसकरू | jasakaru | 0.34 |
| साकरु | sakaru | 0.34 |
| शंकर | sankara | 0.23 |
| सहारे | sahare | 0.23 |
| साकारू | sakaru | 0.23 |
| सक-या | saka-ya | 0.23 |
| शंकृ | sankr | 0.11 |
| सकरुक | sakaruka | 0.11 |
| सखाउ | sakha'u | 0.11 |
| साखरी | sakhari | 0.11 |
| इकरू | ikaru | 0.11 |
| सकारु | sakaru | 0.11 |
| सकर | sakara | 0.11 |
| सरकू | saraku | 0.11 |
| सुााकरु | suaakaru | 0.11 |
| आमरू | amaru | 0.11 |
| सकया | sakaya | 0.11 |
| सरकु | saraku | 0.11 |
| सुकरु | sukaru | 0.11 |
| Sakaru in the Hindi language | ||
| सकरू | sakaru | 78.37 |
| सकरु | sakaru | 14.76 |
| सकारू | sakaru | 2.04 |
| सकारु | sakaru | 1.78 |
| शकरु | sakaru | 1.53 |
| सकरूा | sakarua | 0.25 |
| साकरुन | sakaruna | 0.25 |
| साकारु | sakaru | 0.25 |
| साकरू | sakaru | 0.25 |
| Sakaru in the Oriya language | ||
| ସାକାରୁ | sakaru | 66.67 |
| ସକରୁ | sakaru | 33.33 |
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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 Sakaru
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