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) occurs in Japan more than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sakaya? popularity and diffusion
The last name Sakaya is the 71,262nd most frequently used surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 1,051,594 people. It is mostly 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 prevalent first name internationally It is held by 476 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Japan, where it is borne by 2,821 people, or 1 in 45,319. In Japan it is most prevalent in: Hokkaido Prefecture, where 20 percent reside, Osaka Prefecture, where 16 percent reside and Ishikawa Prefecture, where 11 percent reside. Aside from Japan this surname occurs in 27 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 31 percent reside and Uganda, where 11 percent reside.
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
- 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 Sakaya
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