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Where Does The Last Name Sakhalin Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

Sakhalin (Russian: Сахалин) has its highest incidence in Russia. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sakhalin? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The last name is the 711,133^rd most commonly used family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 17,688,218 people. The surname Sakhalin occurs mostly in Asia, where 87 percent of Sakhalin reside; 86 percent reside in North Asia and 86 percent reside in Slavic North Asia. Sakhalin is also the 1,840,253^rd most commonly occurring first name worldwide, borne by 32 people.

This surname is most numerous in Russia, where it is carried by 406 people, or 1 in 354,983. In Russia it is most common in: Sakhalin Oblast, where 80 percent reside, Moscow, where 3 percent reside and Khabarovsk Krai, where 3 percent reside. Beside Russia it occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Belarus, where 1 percent reside and South Korea, where 0 percent reside.

Sakhalin Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious adherence of those holding the last name is principally Orthodox (83%) in Russia.

In The United States those holding the Sakhalin surname are 5.86% more likely to be registered with the United Russia Party than the national average, with 52.63% registered to vote for the party.