Sakh Surname
Approximately 2,322 people bear this surname
Sakh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 1,280 | 1:599,270 | 28,918 |
| Bangladesh | 360 | 1:442,658 | 11,259 |
| Ukraine | 173 | 1:263,137 | 34,259 |
| Iran | 112 | 1:685,558 | 36,303 |
| Russia | 91 | 1:1,583,770 | 106,512 |
| Iraq | 79 | 1:443,312 | 7,666 |
| Pakistan | 62 | 1:2,881,353 | 23,780 |
| Taiwan | 60 | 1:390,746 | 3,053 |
| Kazakhstan | 43 | 1:411,221 | 31,868 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| Indonesia | 8 | 1:16,531,149 | 488,268 |
| Cambodia | 7 | 1:2,212,449 | 7,503 |
| Czechia | 6 | 1:1,772,245 | 105,647 |
| Israel | 6 | 1:1,426,272 | 75,466 |
| France | 5 | 1:13,284,544 | 357,392 |
| Afghanistan | 4 | 1:8,038,296 | 30,874 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Senegal | 2 | 1:7,289,671 | 8,117 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Belarus | 2 | 1:4,750,530 | 139,516 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Turkmenistan | 1 | 1:5,489,112 | 11,427 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
The alternate forms: Šakh (1) are calculated separately.
Sakh (995) may also be a first name.
Sakh Demographics
Sakh Religious Adherence
in Russia
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Sakh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sakh Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sakh (Bengali: সখ, Hindi: सख, Marathi: सख, Oriya: ସଖ୍, Russian: Сах) is found most in India. It can be found as a variant: Šakh. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sakh? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 182,935th most widely held last name globally, borne by around 1 in 3,138,478 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 89 percent of Sakh are found; 78 percent are found in South Asia and 55 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 255,148th most commonly used forename globally, held by 995 people.
The last name Sakh is most widespread in India, where it is held by 1,280 people, or 1 in 599,270. In India Sakh is most prevalent in: West Bengal, where 71 percent live, Maharashtra, where 12 percent live and Jharkhand, where 5 percent live. Without taking into account India it is found in 26 countries. It also occurs in Bangladesh, where 16 percent live and Ukraine, where 7 percent live.
Sakh Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the last name is primarily Orthodox (100%) in Russia and Orthodox (67%) in Ukraine.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sakh Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sakh in the Marathi language | ||
| सख | sakha | 60 |
| साख | sakha | 26.67 |
| सख् | sakh | 13.33 |
| Sakh in the Bengali language | ||
| সখ | sakha | 50 |
| সেখ | sekha | 16.67 |
| সাখি | sakhi | 16.67 |
| সখী | sakhi | 16.67 |
| Sakh in the Hindi language | ||
| सख | sakha | 43.1 |
| साख | sakha | 41.38 |
| शेख | sekha | 12.07 |
| सख् | sakh | 3.45 |
| Sakh in the Oriya language | ||
| ସଖ୍ | sakh | 36.36 |
| ସାଂଖ | sankha | 18.18 |
| େସକ | esaka | 18.18 |
| େଶକ | esaka | 9.09 |
| େସଖ | esakha | 9.09 |
| େଶଖ୍ | esakh | 9.09 |
| Sakh in the Russian language | ||
| Сах | sah | - |
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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 Sakh
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