Sarkodie Surname

31,758th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 16,797 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ghana
Highest density in:
Ghana

Sarkodie Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sarkodie Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ghana16,4171:1,646272
United States1721:2,107,319133,796
England1241:449,33929,774
Canada251:1,473,824101,190
Netherlands181:938,17663,634
Egypt91:10,215,08448,153
Nigeria61:29,523,793355,097
Ivory Coast51:4,614,24651,139
Belgium31:3,832,215117,288
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
France21:33,211,361423,184
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Sierra Leone11:7,089,6311,533
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Australia11:26,995,701270,794

Sarkodie (2,145) may also be a first name.

Sarkodie Last Name Facts

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

The last name Sarkodie is carried by more people in Ghana than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Sarkodie.

How Common Is The Last Name Sarkodie? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 31,758th most prevalent surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 433,860 people. The surname Sarkodie is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Sarkodie are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 98 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Sarkodie is also the 162,038th most frequently held first name at a global level It is held by 2,145 people.

The surname Sarkodie is most commonly held in Ghana, where it is carried by 16,417 people, or 1 in 1,646. Beside Ghana Sarkodie is found in 20 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent are found and England, where 1 percent are found.

Sarkodie Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Sarkodie surname are 30.5% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 77.27% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Sarkodie earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 73.84% more than the national average, earning R 413,100 per year; in United States they earn 3.91% more than the national average, earning $44,838 USD per year and in Canada they earn 25.45% less than the national average, earning $37,039 CAD 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 Sarkodie
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