Sakala
surname · bem · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Sakala is a surname, most frequently recorded in Zambia. It appears chiefly in bem and Swahili, written in the Latin script. Recorded meaning: Kala (N); Krsna (N); Laksmana (N); Siva (N);.
- ZMZambia1 in 497◐
- USUnited States1 in 1M
- MWMalawi1 in 3.1K
carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.
- ≈1.2K ●
- 2 ●
- Sources
- 116 ●
- 1 in 32K ◐
across 9 countries
recorded for this name
5.5K records
Official registry-verified
Finland
Spellings & scripts●
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Сакала in UA Ukraine, RU Russia.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin●
Kala (N); Krsna (N); Laksmana (N); Siva (N);
Sources 1
- Sunama Sarit (Hindi) Ten Thousand Sanskrit Names
Where in the world●
Sorted by bearers counted by national registers, records where none counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ZM Zambia | #103 | 16,854 | 386 rec. | — | 151K | Sakala | 42 |
| UA Ukraine | — | 672 | 671 rec. | — | — | Сакала | 11 |
| IN India | — | 581△ | 98 rec. | 1 in 2.3M | 581 | Sakala | 16 |
| ZA South Africa | — | 486 | 494 rec. | — | — | Sakala | 17 |
| KE Kenya | — | 384 | 32 rec. | — | — | Sakala | 8 |
| US United States | — | 322 | 2.6K rec. | 1 in 1M | 329 | Sakala | 116 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | 309 | 215 rec. | — | — | Sakala | 35 |
| FR France | — | 228 | 196 rec. | — | — | Sakala | 62 |
| FI Finland | — | 175△ | 23 rec. | 1 in 32K | 175 | Sakala | 9 |
| TZ Tanzania | — | 141 | 61 rec. | — | — | Sakala | 11 |
| MW Malawi | #420 | 139 | 3 rec. | — | — | Sakala | 9 |
| RU Russia | — | 125 | 64 rec. | — | — | Сакала | 31 |
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table. How that works.
Languages●
- bem151K85%
- Swahili15K8%
- English5.2K3%
- Hindi2.5K1%
- Finnish1.2K1%
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| Name | Records | Note |
|---|---|---|
| bem | 150,883 | 85% |
| Swahili | 14,869 | 8% |
| English | 5,218 | 3% |
| Hindi | 2,493 | 1% |
| Finnish | 1,185 | 1% |
Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.
Other recorded senses●
Sakala is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In pi, whole, entire
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Latvian, sala Indonēzijā, Bali jūras ziemeļaustrumu daļā, Kaneanas salu austrumos, Austrumjavas provinces teritorija
as a wordTēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Over time●
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| Year | records |
|---|---|
| 1918 | 1 |
| 1920 | 2 |
| 1922 | 2 |
| 1923 | 2 |
| 1924 | 1 |
| 1925 | 2 |
| 1926 | 1 |
| 1927 | 5 |
| 1928 | 3 |
| 1929 | 6 |
| 1930 | 4 |
| 1931 | 4 |
| 1932 | 12 |
| 1933 | 6 |
| 1934 | 4 |
| 1935 | 8 |
| 1936 | 9 |
| 1937 | 7 |
| 1938 | 11 |
| 1939 | 9 |
| 1940 | 9 |
| 1941 | 7 |
| 1942 | 13 |
| 1943 | 8 |
| 1944 | 17 |
| 1945 | 12 |
| 1946 | 16 |
| 1947 | 19 |
| 1948 | 24 |
| 1949 | 15 |
| 1950 | 22 |
| 1951 | 15 |
| 1952 | 24 |
| 1953 | 12 |
| 1954 | 25 |
| 1955 | 21 |
| 1956 | 29 |
| 1957 | 22 |
| 1958 | 28 |
| 1959 | 20 |
| 1960 | 24 |
| 1961 | 21 |
| 1962 | 27 |
| 1963 | 19 |
| 1964 | 28 |
| 1965 | 23 |
| 1966 | 29 |
| 1967 | 35 |
| 1968 | 38 |
| 1969 | 20 |
| 1970 | 23 |
| 1971 | 34 |
| 1972 | 29 |
| 1973 | 25 |
| 1974 | 21 |
| 1975 | 35 |
| 1976 | 27 |
| 1977 | 16 |
| 1978 | 29 |
| 1979 | 22 |
| 1980 | 24 |
| 1981 | 24 |
| 1982 | 21 |
| 1983 | 21 |
| 1984 | 19 |
| 1985 | 25 |
| 1986 | 19 |
| 1987 | 28 |
| 1988 | 23 |
| 1989 | 23 |
| 1990 | 15 |
| 1991 | 24 |
| 1992 | 21 |
| 1993 | 19 |
| 1994 | 15 |
| 1995 | 17 |
| 1996 | 9 |
| 1997 | 16 |
| 1998 | 3 |
| 2008 | 2 |
| 2010 | 3 |
| 2011 | 3 |
| 2012 | 3 |
| 2013 | 4 |
| 2014 | 2 |
| 2015 | 4 |
IN naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls) — 86 years between 1918–2015. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.
Notable people with this name●
- Jaroslav Sakalab. 1969CZCzech ski jumper
- Jakub Sakalab. 1974CZCzech paleobotanist
- Filip Sakalab. 1996CZCzech ski jumper
- Fashion Sakalab. 1997ZMZambian association football player
- Eunice Sakalab. 2002ZMZambian footballer (born 2002)
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence●
Attested in 25 sources across 12 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ZM Zambia | Zambia top-100 surnames (surnam.es) | — | 151K | #9 |
| IN India | Instate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls | — | 879 | #4,363 |
| IN India | Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls | — | 581 | #8,268 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 329 | #65,168 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 322 | #62,189 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 250 | #72,466 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 175 | #13,284 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Sukunimitilasto (Finnish surnames register) | — | 86 | — |
| ZM Zambia | ECZ 2021 Councillor Elections — candidate results | 2021 | 47 | #8 |
| IN India | naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls) | 1968 | 38 | — |
| IN India | naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls) | 1975 | 35 | — |
| IN India | naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls) | 1967 | 35 | — |
Reference works 2
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 194 rows in the corpus for this spelling.
Frequently asked questions
- How common is the name Sakala?
- We estimate roughly 1.2 thousand people bear Sakala (counting its spellings and scripts) across 9 countries in our records.
- In which country does Sakala have the most bearers?
- Sakala is most frequently recorded in Zambia, where it is most often spelled sakala.
- How common is Sakala compared with other names?
- In Zambia, Sakala is the 103rd most common surname of 15,244 surnames recorded there.
- What does the name Sakala mean?
- Recorded meaning: Kala (N); Krsna (N); Laksmana (N); Siva (N);
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About this data
Data snapshot . Figures are rebuilt periodically and will change.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Sakala” — the 103rd most common surname in Zambia. Data snapshot 2026-09-12.