SakaY
surname · Latin script
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 4 countries
/sakai/(machine-generated) Spanish · model-generated
SakaY is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Brazil than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sakay.
- BRBrazil1 in 2.6M(measured from records)
- INIndia1 in 78M
- TRTürkiye≈1 in 54Mfew records
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Countries with no figure are shown too: flat where a national register lists the name without counting it, hatched where only our records hold it. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Brazil (measured from records)
- Record sources
- 9 (measured from records)
- 1 in 2.6M (inferred from the name graph)
81 people
corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling
strongest: highest-authority source
Brazil
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts
(measured from records)One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sakay.
Cited for this meaning 1
Where in the world
(measured from records)SakaY counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BR Brazil | 81 | 1 in 2.6M | 81 | — | — |
| IN India | 17 | 1 in 78M | 17 | — | 2 |
| TR Türkiye | ≈2 est. | ≈1 in 54M | — | SakaY | 8 |
| PH Philippines | — | — | — | SakaY | 4 |
| US United States | — | — | listed | SakaY | 9 |
| PE Peru | — | — | — | SakaY | 6 |
81 people counted by IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname). Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls; the us-wru-surnames-voterfile register. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses
(measured from records)SakaY is also recorded in 6 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Cebuano, put something, ride, get on a vehicle; join in with other people; include something together with a list that has been made up
as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0
In zlm, subject; dependent, of subject peoples in contrast to the ruling race; therefore somewhat contemptuous
as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0
In Filipino, ride; riding (of a vehicle, animal, etc.)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In iba, crew member of (racing) boat
as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0
In bny, with; friend, companion
as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0
In akl, to ride, to travel
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
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.
Notable people with this name
(measured from records)- Sakay Ottawab. 1977CAdirector
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).
How to address them
(machine-generated)Evidence
(measured from records)8 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 4 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 81 | #74,062 |
| IN India | Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls | — | 17 | #88,799 |
| IN India | Instate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls | — | 7 | #22,227 |
| IN India | Instate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls | — | 6 | #128,791 |
| IN India | Instate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls | — | 4 | #9,585 |
| IN India | Instate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls | — | 4 | #232,963 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, voter-file supplement (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
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 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name SakaY mean, and where does it come from?
- Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sakay. Recorded by Wiktionary.
- How do you pronounce SakaY?
- It depends on the language: in Spanish /sakai/; in Portuguese /zɐkɐi/. Transcriptions are machine-generated except where a dictionary is named.
- In which country does SakaY have the most bearers?
- In Brazil, the national register counted about 81 people named SakaY, more than in any other country we hold.
- Where is SakaY most common?
- SakaY is densest in Brazil, where the national register counts about 1 in 2.6 million people carrying it.
- How common is the name SakaY?
- In Brazil, the national register counted 81 people named SakaY, about 1 in 2.6 million residents.
What do you want to know about SakaY?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/sakayThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
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.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “SakaY”. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.