Sakinatou Surname

242,837th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,643 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Sakinatou Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sakinatou Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon1,6061:12,9321,757
Burkina Faso191:965,9009,829
Niger171:1,128,94224,295
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679

Sakinatou (8,992) may also be a first name.

Sakinatou Last Name Facts

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

The surname Sakinatou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﻜﻴﻨﻪ) occurs in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. For other possible spellings of Sakinatou click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sakinatou? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 242,837th most commonly held family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 4,435,512 people. The surname Sakinatou is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Sakinatou are found; 51 percent are found in West Africa and 36 percent are found in Adamawa-Ubangian Africa. It is also the 65,744th most prevalent first name worldwide. It is borne by 8,992 people.

This surname is most prevalent in Cameroon, where it is held by 1,606 people, or 1 in 12,932. In Cameroon it is mostly concentrated in: Adamawa Region, where 37 percent reside, North Region, where 27 percent reside and Far North Region, where 23 percent reside. Barring Cameroon it occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Burkina Faso, where 1 percent reside and Niger, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sakienatou951/
Sakinatu94433/
Shakinatu895/
Sokainatou841/
Saquinatou841/
Sakinata828/
Zakinatu825/
Soukainatou8047/
Soukeinatou801/
Soukaynatou701/
Chakenato671/
Chakenatho635/
Sakhineytie601/

Sakinatou Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sakinatou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺳﻜﻴﻨﻪskynh50
ﺳﻜﻴﻨﺔskynt50

Search for Another Surname

The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data

By signing up to the mailing list you will only receive emails specifically about name reference on Forebears and your information will not be distributed to 3rd parties.

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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Sakinatou
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis