Sahka Surname
Approximately 24 people bear this surname
Sahka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 9 | 1:19,682,529 | 291,344 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
The alternate forms: Sähka (8) are calculated separately.
Sahka (122) may also be a first name.
Sahka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sahka Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sahka (Arabic: شكا, Hindi: साहका) occurs most in Nigeria. It can also appear as: Sähka. Click here for other potential spellings of Sahka.
How Common Is The Last Name Sahka? popularity and diffusion
The surname Sahka is the 4,034,050th most commonly occurring last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 303,647,746 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 54 percent of Sahka live; 46 percent live in West Africa and 42 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 844,248th most common first name worldwide It is held by 122 people.
The surname Sahka is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 9 people, or 1 in 19,682,529. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Ekiti, where 56 percent are found, Lagos, where 22 percent are found and Kogi, where 11 percent are found. Without taking into account Nigeria this last name is found in 8 countries. It also occurs in India, where 21 percent are found and Indonesia, where 13 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sahka Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sahka in the Hindi language | ||
| साहका | sahaka | - |
| Sahka in the Arabic language | ||
| شكا | shka | - |
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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 Sahka
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