Şakalak Surname
Approximately 298 people bear this surname
Şakalak Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 281 | 1:276,945 | 18,577 |
| Northern Cyprus | 16 | 1:19,938 | 5,097 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Sakalak (26) are calculated separately.
Şakalak Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Şakalak Come From? nationality or country of origin
Şakalak (Hindi: सकलाक) is borne by more people in Turkey than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms: Sakalak. Click here to see other possible spellings of Şakalak.
How Common Is The Last Name Şakalak? popularity and diffusion
It is the 897,852nd most widely held family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 24,454,852 people. The last name is mostly found in Asia, where 93 percent of Şakalak are found; 93 percent are found in West Asia and 93 percent are found in Anatolia and Highlands.
Şakalak is most widespread in Turkey, where it is carried by 281 people, or 1 in 276,945. In Turkey it is mostly concentrated in: Kahramanmaras Province, where 46 percent are found, Konya Province, where 42 percent are found and Antalya Province, where 5 percent are found. Beside Turkey it is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Northern Cyprus, where 5 percent are found and The United States, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sakalak | 95 | 26 | / |
| Zakalak | 86 | 11 | / |
| Zakaliak | 80 | 67 | / |
| Zakalyak | 80 | 9 | / |
| Sakhalak | 80 | 7 | / |
| Chakalak | 80 | 1 | / |
| Sakalake | 80 | 1 | / |
| Sakallakh | 75 | 2 | / |
| Chakalake | 75 | 1 | / |
| Shakalake | 75 | 1 | / |
| Sakelak | 71 | 25 | / |
| Sakalaucks | 71 | 11 | / |
| Sakalakova | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sakalauske | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sakalausks | 71 | 1 | / |
| Szokalak | 67 | 7 | / |
| Shakalakova | 67 | 2 | / |
| Shakeelak | 63 | 4 | / |
| Shakhalakova | 63 | 1 | / |
| Sokolak | 57 | 55 | / |
| Çocalak | 57 | 1 | / |
| Cecalak | 57 | 1 | / |
| Shokalakova | 56 | 7 | / |
| Shokalook | 50 | 18 | / |
| Shaqalaqe | 50 | 17 | / |
| Chaqalaqe | 50 | 8 | / |
| Sakoollax | 50 | 1 | / |
Şakalak Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Şakalak in the Hindi language | ||
| सकलाक | sakalaka | - |
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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 Şakalak
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