Sakwaya Surname

5,391,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Sakwaya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sakwaya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria111:16,103,887259,204
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028

Sakwaya Last Name Facts

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

Sakwaya occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sakwaya? popularity and diffusion

It is the 5,391,485th most widely held surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 560,580,455 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 92 percent of Sakwaya are found; 85 percent are found in West Africa and 85 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The surname Sakwaya is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 11 people, or 1 in 16,103,887. In Nigeria Sakwaya is mostly found in: Kano, where 82 percent live, Bauchi, where 9 percent live and Jigawa, where 9 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 8 percent live and Saudi Arabia, where 8 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 Sakwaya
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