Sakyi Surname
Approximately 25,709 people bear this surname
Sakyi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 25,076 | 1:1,078 | 172 |
| United States | 242 | 1:1,497,764 | 102,032 |
| Egypt | 153 | 1:600,887 | 32,813 |
| England | 124 | 1:449,339 | 29,774 |
| Canada | 36 | 1:1,023,489 | 76,466 |
| Belgium | 9 | 1:1,277,405 | 87,318 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Finland | 5 | 1:1,099,340 | 45,512 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Zambia | 3 | 1:5,283,307 | 43,479 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| Iceland | 3 | 1:126,697 | 5,403 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| Denmark | 3 | 1:1,881,572 | 67,227 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Northern Cyprus | 2 | 1:159,506 | 9,062 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Grenada | 1 | 1:108,535 | 1,793 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Sakyi (3,074) may also be a first name.
Sakyi Demographics
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Sakyi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sakyi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sakyi occurs more in Ghana more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sakyi? popularity and diffusion
The surname Sakyi is the 21,202nd most common family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 283,463 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Sakyi reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Sakyi is also the 130,151st most common first name internationally. It is borne by 3,074 people.
The surname is most frequent in Ghana, where it is carried by 25,076 people, or 1 in 1,078. Aside from Ghana this surname exists in 36 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 1 percent live and Egypt, where 1 percent live.
Sakyi Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Sakyi last name are 8.31% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 61.54% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Sakyi earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 24.77% less than the national average, earning R 178,776 per year; in United States they earn 16.53% more than the national average, earning $50,280 USD per year and in Canada they earn 11.63% less than the national average, earning $43,903 CAD per year.
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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 Sakyi
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