Sakya Surname
Approximately 63,100 people bear this surname
Sakya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nepal | 62,160 | 1:458 | 94 |
| India | 512 | 1:1,498,175 | 56,388 |
| Indonesia | 192 | 1:688,798 | 53,601 |
| Uganda | 62 | 1:629,666 | 32,895 |
| United States | 58 | 1:6,249,292 | 299,206 |
| Nigeria | 26 | 1:6,813,183 | 158,601 |
| Cameroon | 24 | 1:865,378 | 58,754 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Thailand | 17 | 1:4,155,197 | 336,594 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Armenia | 2 | 1:1,465,090 | 16,492 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Macau | 1 | 1:601,630 | 1,582 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
The alternate forms: Sākya (1) are calculated separately.
Sakya (1,330) may also be a first name.
Sakya Demographics
Average Sakya Salary in
United States
$43,735 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Sakya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sakya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sakya (Hindi: साक्य, Marathi: सक्या, Oriya: ଶାକଯ୍) is borne by more people in Nepal than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms: Sākya. Click here for other potential spellings of Sakya.
How Common Is The Last Name Sakya? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 8,981st most frequently held last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 115,492 people. The surname Sakya is predominantly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Sakya reside; 99 percent reside in South Asia and 99 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 215,408th most numerous first name internationally, held by 1,330 people.
The surname is most numerous in Nepal, where it is borne by 62,160 people, or 1 in 458. In Nepal it is most common in: Bagmati, where 84 percent are found, Koshi, where 6 percent are found and Lumbini, where 4 percent are found. Besides Nepal this last name exists in 25 countries. It is also common in India, where 1 percent are found and Indonesia, where 0 percent are found.
Sakya Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Sakya surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 100% being registered with the political party.
The amount Sakya earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 64.58% more than the national average, earning 569,586 kr per year and in United States they earn 1.36% more than the national average, earning $43,735 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sakya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sakya in the Marathi language | ||
| सक्या | sakya | 92.23 |
| साक्या | sakya | 3.16 |
| सख्या | sakhya | 0.49 |
| शक्या | sakya | 0.49 |
| सकया | sakaya | 0.49 |
| सक | saka | 0.24 |
| सया | saya | 0.24 |
| Sakya in the Oriya language | ||
| ଶାକଯ୍ | sakay | 31.58 |
| ସାକଯ୍ | sakay | 21.05 |
| ସାକଯ୍ା | sakaya | 15.79 |
| ସକଯ୍ା | sakaya | 10.53 |
| ସକଯ୍ | sakay | 10.53 |
| ଶାକ୍ଷଯ୍ | saksay | 5.26 |
| ସାକଯ୍ର | sakayra | 5.26 |
| Sakya in the Hindi language | ||
| साक्य | sakya | 30.46 |
| शाक्य | sakya | 21.85 |
| सक्या | sakya | 17.22 |
| साक्या | sakya | 15.89 |
| सकया | sakaya | 9.27 |
| शाक्या | sakya | 1.99 |
| साकया | sakaya | 1.99 |
| साकिया | sakiya | 0.66 |
| शक्य | sakya | 0.66 |
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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 Sakya
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