Sankofa Surname

1,755,741st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 109 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Belize

Sankofa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sankofa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States761:4,769,196247,034
England131:4,286,005132,302
Belize51:71,0952,977
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
Ghana41:6,755,17315,406
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines11:112,6591,704
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Sankofa (22) may also be a first name.

Sankofa Last Name Facts

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

Sankofa is carried by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sankofa? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,755,741st most numerous last name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 66,858,219 people. Sankofa occurs mostly in The Americas, where 74 percent of Sankofa live; 66 percent live in North America and 66 percent live in Anglo-North America. Sankofa is also the 2,301,746th most widely held forename globally. It is borne by 22 people.

This last name is most commonly used in The United States, where it is held by 76 people, or 1 in 4,769,196. In The United States Sankofa is most common in: California, where 17 percent are found, Michigan, where 14 percent are found and Virginia, where 11 percent are found. Other than The United States this surname occurs in 11 countries. It also occurs in England, where 12 percent are found and Belize, where 5 percent are found.

Sankofa Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Sankofa last name are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 100% registered with the party.

Sankofa earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 31.15% more than the national average, earning $56,590 USD 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 Sankofa
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