Saken Surname
Approximately 4,899 people bear this surname
Saken Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kazakhstan | 4,610 | 1:3,836 | 511 |
| Papua New Guinea | 94 | 1:86,742 | 11,495 |
| Tanzania | 51 | 1:1,038,071 | 45,916 |
| United States | 40 | 1:9,061,473 | 385,835 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 17 | 1:351,333 | 29,728 |
| Russia | 15 | 1:9,608,204 | 322,587 |
| Germany | 13 | 1:6,192,728 | 213,814 |
| India | 9 | 1:85,229,487 | 684,495 |
| Indonesia | 7 | 1:18,892,742 | 520,071 |
| Thailand | 6 | 1:11,773,058 | 553,295 |
| Malaysia | 5 | 1:5,898,845 | 196,803 |
| Zambia | 4 | 1:3,962,480 | 38,524 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| Algeria | 3 | 1:12,877,184 | 84,902 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Vanuatu | 1 | 1:263,276 | 2,086 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 1:2,825,289 | 17,010 |
| Laos | 1 | 1:6,588,323 | 1,961 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 3 | 1:8,125,123 | 158,686 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Saken (17,040) may also be a first name.
Saken Demographics
Average Saken Salary in
United States
$53,375 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Saken Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Saken Come From? nationality or country of origin
Saken (Bengali: সাকেন, Hindi: साकेन, Marathi: सकेन, Oriya: ସେକନ, Russian: Сакен) is found most frequently in Kazakhstan. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Saken? popularity and diffusion
The surname Saken is the 96,971st most common surname internationally, held by around 1 in 1,487,558 people. Saken occurs predominantly in Asia, where 95 percent of Saken are found; 94 percent are found in Central Asia and 94 percent are found in Islamo-Slavic Central Asia. It is also the 42,461st most frequent first name in the world It is held by 17,040 people.
The surname Saken is most widespread in Kazakhstan, where it is carried by 4,610 people, or 1 in 3,836. In Kazakhstan Saken is primarily concentrated in: Almaty Region, where 79 percent reside, Almaty, where 6 percent reside and Astana, where 4 percent reside. Without taking into account Kazakhstan this last name is found in 31 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 2 percent reside and Tanzania, where 1 percent reside.
Saken Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Saken has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Saken surname increased 4,000 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Saken Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Saken surname is principally Muslim (100%) in Kazakhstan.
In The United States Saken are 28.59% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 81.82% registered with the political party.
Saken earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 23.7% more than the national average, earning $53,375 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Saken Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Saken in the Marathi language | ||
| सकेन | sakena | - |
| Saken in the Oriya language | ||
| ସେକନ | sekana | 94.59 |
| ସାେକନ | saekana | 5.41 |
| Saken in the Hindi language | ||
| साकेन | sakena | 75 |
| सकेन | sakena | 25 |
| Saken in the Bengali language | ||
| সাকেন | sakena | 50 |
| সকেন | sakena | 50 |
| Saken in the Russian language | ||
| Сакен | saken | - |
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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 Saken
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