How common is the surname Sako?

568 people in the United States had the surname Sako in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 543,566 Americans. It ranked 38,850th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Sako?

In the 2010 Census, 48% of people named Sako identified as white (not Hispanic), and 29% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Is the surname Sako getting more or less common?

Less common. 573 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 568 in 2010, down 0.9%.

The surname Sako

A Japanese surname, carried by 568 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S200

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sako is more common than 76.1% of them.

Origin

Japanese origin

Two main origins: * Borrowed from Japanese 佐香 (Sakō) or 酒向 (Sakō). * Borrowed from a West African language; this surname is predominantly found in Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso and Mali.

One of 123 Japanese surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 568 people named Sako in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 543,566 Americans. That is down 0.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 573.

#38,850

rank among US surnames

568

people in 2010

0.2

per 100,000 Americans

-0.9%

change since 2000 (was #36,761)

Who is named Sako

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

48% of people named Sako identified as white (not Hispanic), 29% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 18% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 48%
Asian and Pacific Islander 29%
Black (not Hispanic) 18%
Two or more races 3.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Sako

Sako has the Soundex code S200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S200.

Other Japanese surnames

All 123 Japanese surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Sako come from?: Two main origins: * Borrowed from Japanese 佐香 (Sakō) or 酒向 (Sakō). * Borrowed from a West African language; this surname is predominantly found in Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso and Mali.
How common is the surname Sako?: 568 people in the United States had the surname Sako in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 543,566 Americans. It ranked 38,850th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Sako?: In the 2010 Census, 48% of people named Sako identified as white (not Hispanic), and 29% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
Is the surname Sako getting more or less common?: Less common. 573 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 568 in 2010, down 0.9%.