Sakashita Surname

15,146th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 36,770 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Japan
Highest density in:
Japan

Sakashita Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sakashita Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Japan36,3191:3,520593
Brazil2061:1,039,19636,605
United States1201:3,020,491176,226
Singapore471:117,1854,783
Dominican Republic231:453,60614,824
Thailand171:4,155,197336,594
Canada141:2,631,828153,264
Malaysia61:4,915,704170,578
Zambia51:3,169,98435,680
Australia31:8,998,567200,784
Philippines31:33,746,074302,898
Taiwan21:11,722,37363,559
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
England11:55,718,059489,080

Sakashita Last Name Facts

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

The surname Sakashita occurs more in Japan more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sakashita? popularity and diffusion

Sakashita is the 15,146th most widely held last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 198,193 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 99 percent of Sakashita live; 99 percent live in East Asia and 99 percent live in Nippono-Asia.

Sakashita is most common in Japan, where it is borne by 36,319 people, or 1 in 3,520. In Japan it is mostly concentrated in: Osaka Prefecture, where 9 percent are found, Tokyo Metropolis, where 9 percent are found and Hokkaido Prefecture, where 8 percent are found. Outside of Japan Sakashita exists in 16 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 1 percent are found and The United States, where 0 percent are found.

Sakashita Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Sakashita surname are 23.69% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 76.92% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Sakashita earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 34.9% more than the national average, earning $58,208 USD per year and in Canada they earn 19.16% less than the national average, earning $40,163 CAD per year.

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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 Sakashita
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