Sakela Surname
Approximately 462 people bear this surname
Sakela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 297 | 1:182,417 | 19,977 |
| India | 92 | 1:8,337,667 | 172,929 |
| Latvia | 30 | 1:68,335 | 10,134 |
| Cameroon | 26 | 1:798,810 | 55,510 |
| Liberia | 9 | 1:489,837 | 23,279 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
Sakela (1,627) may also be a first name.
Sakela Demographics
Average Sakela Salary in
South Africa
R 121,716
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Sakela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sakela Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sakela (Hindi: सकेला, Marathi: सकेला, Oriya: ସାେକଲା, Russian: Сакела) is carried by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sakela? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 653,013th most commonly held last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 15,773,909 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 72 percent of Sakela reside; 64 percent reside in Southern Africa and 64 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Sakela is also the 191,316th most commonly used first name globally, held by 1,627 people.
The surname is most numerous in South Africa, where it is borne by 297 people, or 1 in 182,417. In South Africa Sakela is most numerous in: Eastern Cape, where 56 percent live, Gauteng, where 25 percent live and Western Cape, where 14 percent live. Other than South Africa this last name occurs in 9 countries. It is also common in India, where 20 percent live and Latvia, where 6 percent live.
Sakela Last Name Statistics demography
Sakela earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 48.78% less than the national average, earning R 121,716 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sakela Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sakela in the Oriya language | ||
| ସାେକଲା | saekala | 75 |
| ସେକଲା | sekala | 25 |
| Sakela in the Marathi language | ||
| सकेला | sakela | 62.5 |
| साकेला | sakela | 25 |
| सकीेला | sakiela | 12.5 |
| Sakela in the Hindi language | ||
| सकेला | sakela | 48.15 |
| शकीला | sakila | 29.63 |
| सकीला | sakila | 14.81 |
| सकिना | sakina | 3.7 |
| ाकीला | akila | 3.7 |
| Sakela in the Russian language | ||
| Сакела | sakela | - |
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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 Sakela
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