Sakong Surname

305,423rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,239 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Sakong Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sakong Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya6141:75,2127,020
South Africa1911:283,65327,806
India971:7,907,891167,329
Cameroon931:223,32322,423
Philippines771:1,314,78298,554
Thailand741:954,572147,178
Malaysia401:737,35634,564
United States261:13,940,728505,428
South Korea91:5,693,362993
Uganda71:5,577,040114,218
Indonesia51:26,449,839597,308
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622

Sakong (173) may also be a first name.

Sakong Last Name Facts

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

Sakong has its highest incidence in Kenya. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sakong? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 305,423rd most prevalent family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 5,881,797 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 73 percent of Sakong are found; 50 percent are found in East Africa and 49 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Sakong is also the 694,534th most frequent forename worldwide, held by 173 people.

The last name is most prevalent in Kenya, where it is borne by 614 people, or 1 in 75,212. In Kenya it is mostly concentrated in: Trans Nzoia County, where 55 percent are found, Bungoma County, where 42 percent are found and Baringo County, where 1 percent are found. Not including Kenya it is found in 15 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 15 percent are found and India, where 8 percent are found.

Sakong Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

In The United States those holding the Sakong last name are 9.27% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 62.5% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Sakong earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 41.97% less than the national average, earning R 137,892 per year and in United States they earn 18.3% more than the national average, earning $51,047 USD per year.

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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 Sakong
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