Sako Surname
Approximately 69,614 people bear this surname
Sako Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 26,760 | 1:4,777 | 764 |
| Ivory Coast | 12,875 | 1:1,792 | 175 |
| Burkina Faso | 9,655 | 1:1,901 | 272 |
| Mali | 5,615 | 1:3,022 | 235 |
| Indonesia | 2,861 | 1:46,225 | 5,226 |
| Guinea | 995 | 1:11,893 | 370 |
| DR Congo | 971 | 1:76,086 | 8,832 |
| United States | 864 | 1:419,513 | 36,379 |
| Nigeria | 842 | 1:210,383 | 12,505 |
| Cameroon | 822 | 1:25,267 | 3,443 |
| Albania | 773 | 1:3,770 | 687 |
| Papua New Guinea | 691 | 1:11,800 | 1,077 |
| Chad | 674 | 1:20,166 | 2,465 |
| South Africa | 597 | 1:90,750 | 11,123 |
| Ghana | 485 | 1:55,713 | 5,980 |
| Togo | 420 | 1:17,257 | 5,159 |
| Pakistan | 400 | 1:446,610 | 8,035 |
| Brazil | 278 | 1:770,052 | 28,007 |
| Benin | 251 | 1:41,178 | 5,301 |
| Niger | 236 | 1:81,322 | 3,523 |
| Tanzania | 203 | 1:260,796 | 20,874 |
| France | 202 | 1:328,825 | 49,763 |
| Slovakia | 195 | 1:27,366 | 4,678 |
| Senegal | 187 | 1:77,964 | 951 |
| Morocco | 170 | 1:202,801 | 34,956 |
| Saudi Arabia | 159 | 1:194,062 | 29,524 |
| Jordan | 120 | 1:73,687 | 6,116 |
| Malawi | 105 | 1:163,039 | 16,499 |
| Greece | 102 | 1:108,625 | 18,269 |
| Australia | 79 | 1:341,718 | 28,950 |
| Thailand | 79 | 1:894,156 | 140,446 |
| Iraq | 63 | 1:555,899 | 8,855 |
| Congo | 56 | 1:89,091 | 7,544 |
| Spain | 56 | 1:834,858 | 33,799 |
| Canada | 46 | 1:800,991 | 62,809 |
| Taiwan | 41 | 1:571,823 | 4,251 |
| Sweden | 38 | 1:259,125 | 17,909 |
| England | 36 | 1:1,547,724 | 66,012 |
| Mauritania | 35 | 1:116,996 | 6,922 |
| Philippines | 33 | 1:3,067,825 | 142,207 |
| Russia | 33 | 1:4,367,365 | 205,470 |
| India | 31 | 1:24,744,045 | 333,161 |
| Kazakhstan | 31 | 1:570,403 | 40,441 |
| Uganda | 31 | 1:1,259,332 | 49,678 |
| Kuwait | 29 | 1:131,058 | 14,967 |
| Belgium | 27 | 1:425,802 | 43,971 |
| Germany | 26 | 1:3,096,364 | 143,912 |
| Ireland | 22 | 1:214,043 | 8,362 |
| Solomon Islands | 22 | 1:26,365 | 5,164 |
| Afghanistan | 21 | 1:1,531,104 | 12,360 |
| New Caledonia | 21 | 1:13,153 | 3,514 |
| Zimbabwe | 18 | 1:857,680 | 57,134 |
| Angola | 16 | 1:1,686,826 | 3,823 |
| Netherlands | 15 | 1:1,125,812 | 68,885 |
| Peru | 15 | 1:2,118,942 | 25,723 |
| Liberia | 13 | 1:339,118 | 18,650 |
| Czechia | 12 | 1:886,122 | 73,425 |
| Azerbaijan | 10 | 1:964,912 | 14,691 |
| Venezuela | 10 | 1:3,020,408 | 31,795 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| Ethiopia | 9 | 1:10,838,474 | 14,518 |
| Lesotho | 8 | 1:254,070 | 15,268 |
| United Arab Emirates | 8 | 1:1,145,284 | 40,289 |
| Armenia | 7 | 1:418,597 | 8,462 |
| Italy | 7 | 1:8,736,670 | 118,213 |
| Algeria | 6 | 1:6,438,592 | 53,709 |
| Kenya | 6 | 1:7,696,650 | 52,907 |
| Malaysia | 6 | 1:4,915,704 | 170,578 |
| Belarus | 5 | 1:1,900,212 | 97,012 |
| Georgia | 5 | 1:749,109 | 21,598 |
| Switzerland | 5 | 1:1,642,583 | 87,307 |
| Bahrain | 4 | 1:337,152 | 6,054 |
| Bangladesh | 4 | 1:39,839,193 | 17,324 |
| Central African Republic | 4 | 1:1,128,848 | 387 |
| China | 4 | 1:341,830,392 | 16,990 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| Austria | 3 | 1:2,838,478 | 93,604 |
| Lebanon | 3 | 1:1,879,028 | 22,073 |
| Bulgaria | 2 | 1:3,489,452 | 64,958 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Ukraine | 2 | 1:22,761,348 | 425,733 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Gambia | 1 | 1:1,923,451 | 1,043 |
| Guam | 1 | 1:160,121 | 4,893 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 1 | 1:1,728,021 | 323 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Kosovo | 1 | 1:1,861,869 | 14,990 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Vanuatu | 1 | 1:263,276 | 2,086 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Wallis and Futuna | 1 | 1:13,610 | 185 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 7 | 1:3,482,196 | 89,582 |
The alternate forms: Şako (141), Šako (97), Sakô (2) & Sáko (2) are calculated separately.
Sako (13,475) may also be a first name.
Sako Demographics
Sako Political Affiliation
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Sako Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sako Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sako (Arabic: صيكو, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﺎﻛﻮ, Hindi: साको, Marathi: सको, Oriya: ସେକା, Russian: Сако, Tibetan: ས་སྐོ།) occurs more in Japan more than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms: Şako, Šako, Sakô or Sáko. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sako? popularity and diffusion
Sako is the 8,173rd most commonly held last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 104,685 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 44 percent of Sako reside; 40 percent reside in West Africa and 38 percent reside in Nippono-Asia. Sako is also the 50,024th most frequently occurring forename at a global level. It is borne by 13,475 people.
This last name is most commonly used in Japan, where it is borne by 26,760 people, or 1 in 4,777. In Japan Sako is primarily concentrated in: Kagoshima Prefecture, where 14 percent live, Osaka Prefecture, where 10 percent live and Gifu Prefecture, where 10 percent live. Outside of Japan this last name is found in 107 countries. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 18 percent live and Burkina Faso, where 14 percent live.
Sako Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Sako has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Sako last name expanded 514 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Sako Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Sako surname is chiefly Christian (51%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those holding the Sako surname are 3.09% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 56.32% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Sako earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 58.49% less than the national average, earning S/. 8,046 per year; in South Africa they earn 19.69% more than the national average, earning R 284,436 per year; in United States they earn 9.53% more than the national average, earning $47,259 USD per year and in Canada they earn 23.39% less than the national average, earning $38,063 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sako Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sako in the Tibetan language | ||
| ས་སྐོ། | sako | - |
| Sako in the Oriya language | ||
| ସେକା | seka | 71.43 |
| ସାେକା | saeka | 19.05 |
| ଶାେକା | saeka | 4.76 |
| େସକ | esaka | 4.76 |
| Sako in the Marathi language | ||
| सको | sako | 60 |
| साको | sako | 40 |
| Sako in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺳﺎﻛﻮ | sakw | 57.14 |
| ﺻﺎﻛﻮ | sakw | 14.29 |
| ﺳﺎﻗﻮ | saqw | 14.29 |
| ﺳﺎﻕ | saq | 7.14 |
| ﺳﺎﻏﻮ | saghw | 7.14 |
| Sako in the Hindi language | ||
| साको | sako | 56 |
| सको | sako | 40 |
| शाको | sako | 4 |
| Sako in the Russian language | ||
| Сако | sako | - |
| Sako in the Arabic language | ||
| صيكو | sykw | - |
| سكو | skw | - |
| صاكو | sakw | - |
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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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