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 is carried by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sakume? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,028,911th most common family name on earth, held by around 1 in 29,745,085 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Sakume are found; 90 percent are found in East Africa and 90 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,084,397th most numerous given name world-wide It is held by 26 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Tanzania, where it is held by 221 people, or 1 in 239,555. In Tanzania it is primarily found in: Singida Region, where 95 percent live, Dar es Salaam Region, where 4 percent live and Arusha Region, where 0 percent live. Beside Tanzania Sakume occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 5 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 3 percent live.
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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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