Sakoma Surname
Approximately 628 people bear this surname
Sakoma Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 256 | 1:691,964 | 32,018 |
| Tanzania | 250 | 1:211,766 | 17,801 |
| Cameroon | 41 | 1:506,563 | 40,818 |
| DR Congo | 41 | 1:1,801,941 | 95,514 |
| Papua New Guinea | 17 | 1:479,630 | 60,627 |
| Zimbabwe | 10 | 1:1,543,824 | 78,460 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Central African Republic | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,196 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Sakoma (69) may also be a first name.
Sakoma Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sakoma Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sakoma (Hindi: सकोमा) is most common in Nigeria. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Sakoma.
How Common Is The Last Name Sakoma? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 518,760th most widespread surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 11,604,372 people. Sakoma is predominantly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Sakoma live; 47 percent live in West Africa and 41 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Sakoma is also the 1,171,416th most prevalent first name in the world. It is borne by 69 people.
The surname Sakoma is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 256 people, or 1 in 691,964. In Nigeria Sakoma is most prevalent in: Niger, where 52 percent live, Federal Capital Territory, where 41 percent live and Kaduna, where 3 percent live. Besides Nigeria it is found in 13 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 40 percent live and Cameroon, where 7 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sakoma Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sakoma in the Hindi language | ||
| सकोमा | sakoma | - |
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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
- 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 Sakoma
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