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
The surname Sakaya (Hindi: सकाया, Marathi: सकया, Oriya: ସାକାୟ) occurs more in Japan more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sakaya? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 71,262nd most widely held surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 1,051,594 people. Sakaya is predominantly found in Africa, where 57 percent of Sakaya live; 51 percent live in East Africa and 41 percent live in Nippono-Asia. It is also the 389,954th most widely held first name world-wide, held by 476 people.
The surname Sakaya is most frequently used in Japan, where it is carried by 2,821 people, or 1 in 45,319. In Japan it is most common in: Hokkaido Prefecture, where 20 percent live, Osaka Prefecture, where 16 percent live and Ishikawa Prefecture, where 11 percent live. Other than Japan Sakaya is found in 27 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 31 percent live and Uganda, where 11 percent live.
Sakaya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is predominantly 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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