Sakongo Surname

2,293,424th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 69 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Burkina Faso
Highest density in:
Burkina Faso

Sakongo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sakongo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Burkina Faso331:556,1247,330
DR Congo211:3,518,075145,665
Uganda81:4,879,910106,546
Angola41:6,747,3046,999
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Sakongo Last Name Facts

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

The surname Sakongo is more commonly found in Burkina Faso than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sakongo? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 2,293,424th most prevalent family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 105,616,607 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Sakongo live; 49 percent live in West Africa and 49 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

It is most frequently occurring in Burkina Faso, where it is borne by 33 people, or 1 in 556,124. In Burkina Faso it is most common in: Centre-Est Region, where 100 percent reside. Other than Burkina Faso Sakongo occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 30 percent reside and Uganda, where 12 percent reside.

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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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  • 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 Sakongo
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