Sarakuna Surname

3,323,005th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 35 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Sarakuna Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sarakuna Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria341:5,210,081134,475
India11:767,065,3821,851,717

Sarakuna (40) may also be a first name.

Sarakuna Last Name Facts

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

Sarakuna (Hindi: सरकूना, Marathi: सरकुना) occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Sarakuna? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,323,005th most widely held family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 208,215,598 people. The surname Sarakuna occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Sarakuna live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 97 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,614,485th most frequently held first name throughout the world, held by 40 people.

Sarakuna is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 34 people, or 1 in 5,210,081. In Nigeria Sarakuna is most numerous in: Adamawa, where 71 percent live, Gombe, where 24 percent live and Nasarawa, where 3 percent live. Not including Nigeria Sarakuna exists in one country. It is also common in India, where 3 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Sarakuna Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sarakuna in the Marathi language
सरकुनाsarakuna-
Sarakuna in the Hindi language
सरकूनाsarakuna75
सरकुनाsarakuna25

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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 Sarakuna
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