Sarki Surname

1,897th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 289,073 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nepal
Highest density in:
Nepal

Sarki Surname User-submission:

Means leader of a Muslim community. Mostly found in Hausa-speaking areas on the southern border of the Sahara dessert in Western Africa.

For example the "Serikin-Hausa" of Lagos means the leader of the Hausa people in the city of Lagos.

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Sarki Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nepal224,5541:12725
Nigeria40,7971:4,342583
India12,7811:60,0164,100
Niger3,9241:4,891445
Pakistan3,6651:48,7432,023
Cameroon8061:25,7683,513
Indonesia6101:216,80220,306
Qatar5211:4,526467
Malaysia3461:85,2435,974
Afghanistan2571:125,1102,925
Egypt2141:429,60625,756
Bhutan2051:3,005192
United States881:4,118,852221,730
United Arab Emirates851:107,7919,280
Benin721:143,55015,098
Iran301:2,559,41782,750
England271:2,063,63279,942
Russia121:12,010,255361,204
Papua New Guinea101:815,37288,623
Ghana91:3,002,29911,581
Argentina71:6,106,202178,634
South Africa41:13,544,426222,367
Morocco41:8,619,02573,251
Chad41:3,398,0507,703
Finland31:1,832,23457,803
Thailand31:23,546,115908,588
Syria31:6,433,67416,197
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Bulgaria21:3,489,45264,958
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Burkina Faso11:18,352,10030,051
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Vanuatu11:263,2762,086
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Iceland11:380,09011,096
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Northern Cyprus11:319,01110,202
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
France11:66,422,722504,397
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

The alternate forms: Şarki (201), Särki (46) & Šarki (11) are calculated separately.

Sarki (34,551) may also be a first name.

Sarki Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

Means leader of a Muslim community. Mostly found in Hausa-speaking areas on the southern border of the Sahara dessert in Western Africa.

For example the "Serikin-Hausa" of Lagos means the leader of the Hausa people in the city of Lagos.

Saraki is a Yoruba variant of this name often found in areas where there is significant contact between Yoruba and Hausa tribes especially in the middle belt of Nigeria.

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Sarki Last Name Facts

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

The last name Sarki (Arabic: ساركي, Bengali: সার্কি, Hindi: सार्की, Marathi: साक, Oriya: ସାକିର୍, Russian: Сарки, Tibetan: སར་ཀི།) occurs most in Nepal. It can appear in the variant forms: Şarki, Särki or Šarki. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sarki? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,897th most frequently held last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 25,210 people. This surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 84 percent of Sarki live; 84 percent live in South Asia and 82 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 24,969th most prevalent first name throughout the world, borne by 34,551 people.

It is most frequently held in Nepal, where it is carried by 224,554 people, or 1 in 127. In Nepal it is most frequent in: Gandaki, where 15 percent reside, Lumbini, where 10 percent reside and Seti, where 10 percent reside. Other than Nepal this surname is found in 53 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 14 percent reside and India, where 4 percent reside.

Sarki Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Sarki has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Sarki last name expanded 4,400 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Sarki Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Sarki surname is chiefly Muslim (73%) in Nigeria.

In The United States those bearing the Sarki last name are 11.56% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 58.33% being registered with the party.

The amount Sarki earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 55.72% more than the national average, earning R 370,056 per year and in United States they earn 31.89% more than the national average, earning $56,910 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Şarki93201/
Särki9346/
Šarki9311/
Sharki91916/
Saarki91846/
Sarkhi91230/
Sarkki91193/
Sarkei9196/
Sarkie9192/
Sarkiş9189/
Sarkai9146/
Sarkio9139/
Sarkoi9122/
Sarkih9111/
Sarkii917/
Sarkui915/
Sarkiy914/
Sairki913/
Sarkiç912/
Sjarki911/
Ssarki911/
Sasrki911/
Sarrki911/
Sarkij911/
Szarki911/
Zsarki911/
Siarki911/
Sharkhi83385/
Sharkie83246/
Sharkyi8382/
Sarkhid8327/
Sarkhui8326/
Sarckie8317/
Sarkhai8316/
Sharkiy8311/
Sharkai8310/
Sarkkio838/
Sahrkei835/
Shahrki834/
Sarkish833/
Sharkui832/
Sarkhit831/
Sarckei831/
Sarkhei831/
Szarkai831/
Saharki831/
Sharkio831/
Sharkiç831/
Sharkoi831/
Zarki803,988/
Sarka803,637/
Sarke80877/
Serki80714/
Sarky80452/
Žarki80325/
Çarki80260/
Jarki8098/
Carki8066/
Sorki8025/
Sarqi8021/
Scharkie7743/
Sharkitt7725/
Sharkchi7714/
Sharkich777/
Shahrkhi772/
Saharkhi772/
Sharkeij771/
Shaharki771/
Saharkiz771/
Sharkhai771/
Sharqi7317,665/
Szarka739,732/
Sorkhi734,723/
Serkie732,737/
Sarchi731,842/
Sharka731,763/
Sharky73761/
Jarkhi73499/
Sarkey73456/
Siarka73369/
Sherki73320/
Sorkei73306/
Sharke73209/
Sarkee73192/
Zharki73125/
Sarkay73101/
Zarkai7378/
Zarkih7377/
Serkei7363/
Sarkıt7346/
Szarke7342/
Sarqui7342/
Zarkhi7334/
Sarkoy7331/
Sarkeh7324/
Sorkio7322/
Sarkka7320/
Jarcki7319/
Zarkie7319/
Sarkha7317/
Jharki7317/
Zarkoi7315/
Sorkki7312/
Sarkaj7310/
Sarkca7310/
Sarkhe739/
Sarcka736/
Sarqis736/
Sarkaa736/
Çarkit735/
Zsarka735/
Sercki735/
Jarkai734/
Shorki734/
Serkhi733/
Sorcki733/
Sorkid732/
Zairki732/
Serrki732/
Sourki732/
Šarkis732/
Soorki732/
Searke731/
Sarkea731/
Sahrka731/
Sarked731/
Carkij731/
Scarke731/
Ssarka731/
Sarkeu731/
Jarkih731/
Ziarki731/
Žarkih731/
Sierki731/
Sarkís731/
Serkai731/
Serkih731/
Serkui731/
Särkki731/
Djarki731/
Zarkki731/
Jatrki731/
Sarkipowa716/
Sarkisowa712/
Sharkoich711/
Shaharkhi711/
Sharkey6721,838/
Sarquis672,135/
Sherkai67636/
Sarquiz67374/
Sarkaya67271/
Scharke67214/
Sorkhei67134/
Zharkiy67113/
Sorkhiz67110/
Sarkyts6797/
Sarkett6766/
Zharkoi6764/
Zharkyi6748/
Sharkaj6729/
Sorkhid6728/
Sherkhi6727/
Zharkih6726/
Seireki6726/
Sarıkay6722/
Sairkey6720/
Zarkhiz6713/
Sorkish6710/
Zaireki6710/
Sharchi679/
Serckie677/
Sharkee677/
Sarkeys677/
Schorki677/
Sharkay676/
Sharqui676/
Sarquoi676/
Sharkoy676/
Sarkker675/
Siercki675/
Zharkie674/
Sarkess674/
Shahrky674/
Zarzcki673/
Shairke672/
Sasrker672/
Sharkha672/
Sarckey672/
Zarkhai672/
Sarkeer671/
Rzarkhi671/
Sarkeey671/
Chatrki671/
Jarkaij671/
Zharkei671/
Zharkii671/
Zarkich671/
Scarkey671/
Shserki671/
Searcei671/
Searkes671/
Sharkky671/
Sharkyo671/
Sharkaa671/
Zarkaia671/
Jarkhyi671/
Soorkhi671/
Sorkhoi671/
Shaarke671/
Shahrka671/
Siargka671/
Saharkheiz671/
Saharkhizz671/
Sarkheh671/
Sarquit671/
Charkid671/
Sharkea671/
Seirkai671/
Sahrkea671/
Sarkhaj671/
Sorkhai671/
Sharqai671/
Zarkiey671/
Jarkkit671/
Sherkie670/
Sarquie670/
Saarcke670/
Sarcker670/
Saurkes670/

Sarki Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sarki in the Oriya language
ସାକିର୍sakir-
Sarki in the Tibetan language
སར་ཀི།sarki83.59
སར་ཀི་sarki9.38
གསར་སྐྱིད།sarkyi1.56
སར་སྐྱིད་sarkyi1.56
སར་སྐྱི།sarkyi0.78
སཡ་ཀི།sayaki0.78
སར་ཀིི།sarki0.78
སརཀི།sarki0.78
སར་ཀ།ི།sarka0.78
Sarki in the Hindi language
सार्कीsarki70.87
सरकीsaraki12.62
सारकीsaraki11.65
सरकिsaraki2.91
सर्कीsarki1.94
Sarki in the Bengali language
সার্কিsarki50
সর্কীsarki37.5
সার্কীsarki12.5
Sarki in the Marathi language
साकsaka40
सारकीsaraki20
सकsaka14.44
सरकीsaraki13.33
सारखीsarakhi6.67
सारथीsarathi4.44
सकीsaki1.11
Sarki in the Russian language
Саркиsarki-
Sarki in the Arabic language
ساركيsarky-
سركيsrky-

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