Sarkinyaki Surname

1,155,901st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 207 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Sarkinyaki Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sarkinyaki Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1981:894,66038,889
Niger91:2,132,44640,124

Sarkinyaki (80) may also be a first name.

Sarkinyaki Last Name Facts

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

Sarkinyaki is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sarkinyaki? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,155,901st most frequently held last name internationally, held by around 1 in 35,205,536 people. The surname Sarkinyaki occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Sarkinyaki are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 96 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,075,395th most commonly used forename throughout the world, borne by 80 people.

The surname is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 198 people, or 1 in 894,660. In Nigeria it is most common in: Bauchi, where 31 percent live, Zamfara, where 25 percent live and Sokoto, where 14 percent live. Excluding Nigeria this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in Niger, where 4 percent live.

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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 Sarkinyaki
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