# Saka (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/saka/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Japanese |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 532 |
| US rank (2010) | 40,976 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 580,349 people |
| Change since 2000 | +45% (367 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Saca |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 坂(さか) (Saka); sometimes used as a topographic surname for someone who lived on a slope.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Saka in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 47% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 31% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 18% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |
| Two or more races | 2.1% |

## Similar surnames

Sack, Sakai, Sako, Sacks, Saks, Shakya, Sosa, Souza, Skaggs, Shook, Sousa, Suggs.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.