Sakunda Surname
Approximately 276 people bear this surname
Sakunda Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 183 | 1:93,547 | 11,397 |
| DR Congo | 62 | 1:1,191,606 | 73,277 |
| Zambia | 13 | 1:1,219,225 | 30,856 |
| Papua New Guinea | 9 | 1:905,969 | 94,851 |
| Indonesia | 6 | 1:22,041,532 | 555,748 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Sakunda (231) may also be a first name.
Sakunda Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sakunda Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sakunda (Hindi: सकुन्दा, Marathi: सकुंडा, Oriya: ସକୁ) is found in Malawi more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sakunda? popularity and diffusion
Sakunda is the 948,111th most common family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 26,404,152 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 94 percent of Sakunda live; 72 percent live in Southern Africa and 72 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Sakunda is also the 590,311th most frequent given name internationally It is held by 231 people.
It is most common in Malawi, where it is carried by 183 people, or 1 in 93,547. Apart from Malawi Sakunda exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 22 percent reside and Zambia, where 5 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sakunda Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sakunda in the Marathi language | ||
| सकुंडा | sakunda | - |
| Sakunda in the Hindi language | ||
| सकुन्दा | sakunda | 50 |
| सकुंदा | sakunda | 25 |
| सकूंदा | sakunda | 25 |
| Sakunda in the Oriya language | ||
| ସକୁ | saku | 44.44 |
| ସାକୁା | sakua | 22.22 |
| ସାକୁ | saku | 22.22 |
| ସକୁା | sakua | 11.11 |
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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 Sakunda
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