Sakalis Surname

307,612th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,228 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Greece
Highest density in:
Greece

Sakalis Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sakalis Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Greece8291:13,3651,804
United States1471:2,465,707151,024
Lithuania431:70,57210,443
Latvia361:56,9468,548
Russia321:4,503,846209,401
Argentina301:1,424,78080,162
Australia241:1,124,82162,883
Belgium231:499,85448,667
Netherlands161:1,055,44866,951
South Africa121:4,514,809137,638
Brazil61:35,679,055486,536
Canada51:7,369,118289,406
Germany41:20,126,365436,245
Northern Ireland41:461,25916,615
England31:18,572,686338,250
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
France21:33,211,361423,184
Cyprus21:442,4389,493
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
India11:767,065,3821,851,717

The alternate forms: Šakalis (120) are calculated separately.

Sakalis Last Name Facts

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

The last name Sakalis (Hindi: सकलिश, Russian: Сакалис) is borne by more people in Greece than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant: Šakalis. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sakalis? popularity and diffusion

It is the 307,612th most prevalent surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 5,934,484 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 81 percent of Sakalis are found; 68 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 68 percent are found in Helleno-Europe.

The surname Sakalis is most frequent in Greece, where it is carried by 829 people, or 1 in 13,365. In Greece Sakalis is most common in: Central Macedonia, where 53 percent are found, Attica, where 17 percent are found and Western Macedonia, where 11 percent are found. Apart from Greece this last name exists in 23 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 12 percent are found and Lithuania, where 4 percent are found.

Sakalis Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Sakalis surname are 3.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 50% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Sakalis earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 39.56% less than the national average, earning 209,178 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 70.36% more than the national average, earning R 404,832 per year and in United States they earn 9.64% more than the national average, earning $47,308 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Sakalis Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sakalis in the Hindi language
सकलिशsakalisa-
Sakalis in the Russian language
Сакалисsakalis-

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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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  • 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 Sakalis
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