Sakava Surname
Approximately 138 people bear this surname
Sakava Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 113 | 1:183,797 | 19,288 |
| Greece | 15 | 1:738,653 | 80,079 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Sakava (372) may also be a first name.
Sakava Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sakava Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sakava (Hindi: सकवा, Marathi: साकवा) occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sakava? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,511,557th most commonly held last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 52,808,304 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 84 percent of Sakava live; 82 percent live in West Africa and 80 percent live in Chadic Africa. Sakava is also the 450,135th most numerous first name world-wide, held by 372 people.
The surname Sakava is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is held by 113 people, or 1 in 183,797. In Cameroon it is most frequent in: Far North Region, where 97 percent live, Adamawa Region, where 1 percent live and Centre Region, where 1 percent live. Beside Cameroon Sakava is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Greece, where 11 percent live and India, where 4 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sakava Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sakava in the Hindi language | ||
| सकवा | sakava | - |
| Sakava in the Marathi language | ||
| साकवा | sakava | - |
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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 Sakava
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