Sarakwe Surname

2,121,169th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 79 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Sarakwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Sarakwe Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya781:592,05027,720
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Sarakwe Last Name Facts

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

The surname Sarakwe occurs in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sarakwe? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 2,121,169th most frequently held last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 92,247,417 people. The last name Sarakwe is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Sarakwe live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 99 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

The surname is most widely held in Kenya, where it is carried by 78 people, or 1 in 592,050. In Kenya it is mostly concentrated in: Bungoma County, where 99 percent live and Trans Nzoia County, where 1 percent live. Not including Kenya it occurs in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sarakwi8615/
Saarekwe801/
Saragwi713/
Sarague713/
Saraque712/
Seracwe712/
Serekwe711/
Zarakwa711/
Saragbe711/
Saroikwi679/
Sharaqwi671/
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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 Sarakwe
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