Sakuwa Surname
Approximately 203 people bear this surname
Sakuwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 58 | 1:273,275 | 15,977 |
| Namibia | 38 | 1:63,405 | 7,039 |
| Nigeria | 34 | 1:5,210,081 | 134,475 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Papua New Guinea | 19 | 1:429,143 | 55,452 |
| Zimbabwe | 18 | 1:857,680 | 57,134 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Sakuwa (24) may also be a first name.
Sakuwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sakuwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sakuwa is borne by more people in Zambia than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Sakuwa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sakuwa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Sakuwa is the 1,173,425th most frequently used surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 35,899,241 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 88 percent of Sakuwa reside; 58 percent reside in Southern Africa and 58 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,187,323rd most frequently held forename internationally. It is borne by 24 people.
Sakuwa is most common in Zambia, where it is carried by 58 people, or 1 in 273,275. In Zambia Sakuwa is most frequent in: Lusaka Province, where 33 percent live, Central Province, where 31 percent live and Copperbelt Province, where 31 percent live. Outside of Zambia it occurs in 9 countries. It is also found in Namibia, where 19 percent live and Nigeria, where 17 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shakuwa | 92 | 60 | / |
| Sakuwai | 92 | 10 | / |
| Siakuwa | 92 | 5 | / |
| Sakouwa | 92 | 1 | / |
| Sakuwap | 92 | 1 | / |
| Sakuwah | 92 | 1 | / |
| Sakuwha | 92 | 1 | / |
| Sakuwaha | 86 | 5,082 | / |
| Shakuwat | 86 | 1 | / |
| Sakiwa | 83 | 145 | / |
| Sekuwa | 83 | 8 | / |
| Sokuwa | 83 | 6 | / |
| Sakuva | 83 | 6 | / |
| Cakuwa | 83 | 1 | / |
| Jakuwa | 83 | 1 | / |
| Zakuwa | 83 | 1 | / |
| Sakuwe | 83 | 1 | / |
| Shakuwaya | 80 | 1 | / |
| Sakuiwaha | 80 | 1 | / |
| Sakuwahah | 80 | 1 | / |
| Shakuwe | 77 | 111 | / |
| Saukiwa | 77 | 70 | / |
| Sakiewa | 77 | 53 | / |
| Sakueva | 77 | 51 | / |
| Siakuva | 77 | 25 | / |
| Siakuwe | 77 | 6 | / |
| Zakouwa | 77 | 5 | / |
| Saikuva | 77 | 4 | / |
| Jakkuwa | 77 | 4 | / |
| Shekuwa | 77 | 2 | / |
| Sokuewa | 77 | 2 | / |
| Sakiwah | 77 | 1 | / |
| Seakuwe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Sakuwei | 77 | 1 | / |
| Sakhuva | 77 | 1 | / |
| Saikiwa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Sakuhwe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Shokuwa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Shakueva | 71 | 84 | / |
| Sakhauva | 71 | 65 | / |
| Siakujwe | 71 | 27 | / |
| Sakoubai | 71 | 10 | / |
| Soukouwa | 71 | 8 | / |
| Sakhiwai | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sakhuvas | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sakubaay | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chakuhwa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Shakauba | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sekiwa | 67 | 1,221 | / |
| Sakowo | 67 | 35 | / |
| Sakowi | 67 | 29 | / |
| Sokuwe | 67 | 18 | / |
| Sakuvi | 67 | 13 | / |
| Sakiva | 67 | 13 | / |
| Shakhueva | 67 | 10 | / |
| Saqiwa | 67 | 9 | / |
| Sakowe | 67 | 8 | / |
| Zakiwa | 67 | 8 | / |
| Jakuva | 67 | 5 | / |
| Sacuva | 67 | 4 | / |
| Sokiwa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Xakuva | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sokuba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sakubhaai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jakuwo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sakiwo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sokuva | 67 | 1 | / |
| Secuwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sekuwo | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Sakuwa
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