Sakume Surname
Approximately 245 people bear this surname
Sakume Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 221 | 1:239,555 | 19,542 |
| Zimbabwe | 13 | 1:1,187,557 | 68,998 |
| Papua New Guinea | 7 | 1:1,164,817 | 109,517 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
Sakume (26) may also be a first name.
Sakume Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sakume Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sakume occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Sakume.
How Common Is The Last Name Sakume? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,028,911th most commonly held surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 29,745,085 people. The surname Sakume occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Sakume reside; 90 percent reside in East Africa and 90 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Sakume is also the 2,084,397th most frequently occurring first name world-wide, borne by 26 people.
The last name Sakume is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is borne by 221 people, or 1 in 239,555. In Tanzania Sakume is most common in: Singida Region, where 95 percent reside, Dar es Salaam Region, where 4 percent reside and Arusha Region, where 0 percent reside. Not including Tanzania Sakume exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 5 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 3 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
- 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 Sakume
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