Sakaya Surname
Approximately 6,930 people bear this surname
Sakaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 2,821 | 1:45,319 | 3,806 |
| Tanzania | 2,164 | 1:24,465 | 3,002 |
| Uganda | 750 | 1:52,052 | 6,272 |
| Kenya | 639 | 1:72,269 | 6,805 |
| DR Congo | 376 | 1:196,488 | 19,671 |
| Papua New Guinea | 56 | 1:145,602 | 20,089 |
| Brazil | 27 | 1:7,928,679 | 178,836 |
| Thailand | 23 | 1:3,071,232 | 294,953 |
| India | 18 | 1:42,614,743 | 461,117 |
| United Arab Emirates | 11 | 1:832,934 | 27,512 |
| Lebanon | 10 | 1:563,708 | 13,499 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| Denmark | 5 | 1:1,128,943 | 52,970 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
Sakaya (476) may also be a first name.
Sakaya Demographics
Sakaya Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Sakaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sakaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sakaya (Hindi: सकाया, Marathi: सकया, Oriya: ସାକାୟ) is found in Japan more than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sakaya? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 71,262nd most commonly used surname on earth, borne by around 1 in 1,051,594 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 57 percent of Sakaya are found; 51 percent are found in East Africa and 41 percent are found in Nippono-Asia. Sakaya is also the 389,954th most frequently occurring first name throughout the world. It is borne by 476 people.
The last name is most numerous in Japan, where it is borne by 2,821 people, or 1 in 45,319. In Japan Sakaya is most frequent in: Hokkaido Prefecture, where 20 percent are found, Osaka Prefecture, where 16 percent are found and Ishikawa Prefecture, where 11 percent are found. Apart from Japan this last name is found in 27 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 31 percent are found and Uganda, where 11 percent are found.
Sakaya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Sakaya surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya and Chaldean Catholic (88%) in Lebanon.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sakaya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sakaya in the Oriya language | ||
| ସାକାୟ | sakaya | - |
| Sakaya in the Marathi language | ||
| सकया | sakaya | 80.53 |
| साकया | sakaya | 11.5 |
| सकाया | sakaya | 2.65 |
| सक-या | saka-ya | 0.88 |
| सकाय | sakaya | 0.88 |
| शंकर | sankara | 0.88 |
| सकरु | sakaru | 0.88 |
| Sakaya in the Hindi language | ||
| सकाया | sakaya | 50 |
| साकय | sakaya | 25 |
| साकया | sakaya | 25 |
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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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- 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 Sakaya
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