Sankei Surname
Approximately 1,484 people bear this surname
Sankei Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 1,472 | 1:31,372 | 3,419 |
| Uganda | 6 | 1:6,506,546 | 123,710 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Sankei (4,221) may also be a first name.
Sankei Demographics
Sankei Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Sankei Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sankei Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sankei (Oriya: ସଂେକଇ) is most common in Kenya. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Sankei click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sankei? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 263,899th most widespread surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 4,910,745 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Sankei live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 88 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Sankei is also the 106,772nd most widespread first name throughout the world It is held by 4,221 people.
The surname Sankei is most commonly occurring in Kenya, where it is borne by 1,472 people, or 1 in 31,372. In Kenya Sankei is most numerous in: Narok County, where 70 percent are found, Kajiado County, where 10 percent are found and Nakuru County, where 6 percent are found. Excluding Kenya it exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 0 percent are found and Japan, where 0 percent are found.
Sankei Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sankei Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sankei in the Oriya language | ||
| ସଂେକଇ | sameka'i | - |
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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 Sankei
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