Sakayoya Surname

1,894,523rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 96 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Zambia

Sakayoya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sakayoya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zambia941:168,61611,729
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705

Sakayoya Last Name Facts

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

Sakayoya occurs in Zambia more than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Sakayoya? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,894,523rd most frequently used surname throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 75,911,937 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Sakayoya live; 98 percent live in Southern Africa and 98 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The last name Sakayoya is most widespread in Zambia, where it is carried by 94 people, or 1 in 168,616. In Zambia Sakayoya is mostly concentrated in: North-Western Province, where 62 percent live, Copperbelt Province, where 35 percent live and Lusaka Province, where 2 percent live. Besides Zambia this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 1 percent live and Senegal, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sakayaya8810/
Sakayoyo884/
Sakaiyya881/
Sakayeya881/
Sakhaiyya8292/
Siakayaya8245/
Sakayae80126/
Sakaeyo8028/
Sakoeya801/
Zakaiyya755/
Sakayeye751/
Sakuyoyo751/
Sakajiya751/
Sachiyoya7121/
Siakajaya7115/
Sakhiyayo714/
Sakhaiiya712/
Shakayayi711/
Sakhaiyye711/
Sakeeya671/
Sekeayo671/
Sakaiye671/
Sokoyae671/

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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 Sakayoya
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