Sandako Surname

703,644th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 418 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Sandako Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sandako Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe3991:38,6925,987
Papua New Guinea171:479,63060,627
Niger11:19,192,017110,060
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Sandako (18) may also be a first name.

Sandako Last Name Facts

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

Sandako occurs in Zimbabwe more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Sandako.

How Common Is The Last Name Sandako? popularity and diffusion

The surname Sandako is the 703,644th most frequent last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 17,434,320 people. The surname Sandako occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Sandako reside; 96 percent reside in Southern Africa and 96 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Sandako is also the 2,608,198th most widely held first name in the world, borne by 18 people.

The last name Sandako is most frequently used in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 399 people, or 1 in 38,692. In Zimbabwe it is most prevalent in: Manicaland Province, where 42 percent are found, Masvingo Province, where 24 percent are found and Harare Province, where 15 percent are found. Without taking into account Zimbabwe this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 4 percent are found and Niger, where 0 percent are found.

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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 Sandako
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