Worldwide, Сакен (Сакен 
, Saken 
) is a common primarily masculine, but scarcely feminine first name. The given name Сакен is characteristic of Azerbaijan, where it is quite a common male name, Kazakhstan, where it is quite a common primarily masculine, but very infrequently girly name, and Kyrgyzstan, where it is quite a common epicene name. In absolute terms, this name is the most popular in Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, and India. Much less frequently, Сакен is the last name as well as the forename.
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| Сакен | Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Azerbaijan, Russia |
| Saken | Ethiopia, Kazakhstan, Sudan, India, Egypt |
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сакен сейфуллин pioneer of modern Kazakh literature (1894-1938), KZ (b. 1894) |
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гумаров, сакен painter (1937-1995), KZ (b. 1937) |
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майгазиев, сакен кордабаевич KZ (b. 1975) |
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| нарынов, сакен жомартович KZ (b. 1946) |
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| жылкайдаров, сакен егинбаевич politician, KZ (b. 1956) |
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| нугманов, сакен кайбушевич KZ (b. 1962) |
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| кенетаев, сакен мельсович Kazakhstani association football player, KZ (b. 1975) |
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| бекжанов, сакен мансурович KZ (b. 1969) |
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| бибосынов, сакен kazakh boxer, KZ (b. 1992) |
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