Sauka

loc · Latin script

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

Sauka is a name written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in Brazil.

Brazil (inferred from the name graph)

no count published

Sources
21 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

recorded in Lithuanian

Plg. Saukas, Satkus S Sauka 681 Saukaitis ■ S Saulis Šaukis, Saukys, Saukus (žr.). Kilmė neaiški. Lat. Sauka (В. Сталт^ мане, 1981, c. 117), Saukė (ten pat, 122) atitinka liet. pvd. su šauk- (žr. Šaukelis). Ryšys su liet. saukti „tęsiamu balsu šaukti, dainuoti“ (LKŽ XII 189) gali būti tik įtariamas. Dažniausiai, matyt, sietina su brus. Саука, Сауко, Савка : Савва (М. Бирыла, 1966, c. 142), rus. Савка : Савва, Савелий ir kt. (Н. Петровский, 1966, c. 351)

Sources 1

  • Lietuvių pavardžių žodynas (Dictionary of Lithuanian Surnames)

Where in the world(measured from records)

Sauka counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Where Sauka is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
BR Brazil—180——
GB United Kingdom—26—7
HR Croatia—13——
EE Estonia—7—1
PL Poland—7——

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); Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register); DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form); Statistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed); dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames). 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 names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Sauka is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Ukrainian surname11 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Ukraine, Russia

    Languages: Ukrainian, Russian

    Also written Саука, Sauca, Saǔka, Saŭka, Саўка

  • a separate name12 spellings in the group

    Also written Sauca, Şaucă, Саука

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Saüka

32 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Sauka 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 Hausa, to descend, come down

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Latvian, dabas parks Augšzemes augstienes Sēlijas paugurvalnī, Jēkabpils novada Elkšņu, Rites un Saukas pagastā, valsts aizsardzībā kopš 1987. g., platība - 5635 ha, izveidots, lai saglabātu apkārtējo ainavu, aizsargātu dažādos biotopus, teritorijā atrodas daudzi Sēlijas novada kultūrvēsturiskie pieminekļi

    as a wordTēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)

  • In Latvian, apdzīvota vieta (vidējciems) Jēkabpils novadā (2009.-2021. g. Viesītes novadā, 1990.-2009. g. Jēkabpils rajonā), 12 km no Viesītes

    as a wordTēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)

  • In Basque, ( BN-mix ). Saúco . "Sureau (ligneux)" Primorena 7.

    as a wordOrotariko Euskal Hiztegia (OEH) — General/Historical Basque Dictionary, Euskaltzaindia

  • In Latvian, Dūņupe, Dienvidsusējas labā krasta pieteka

    as a wordTēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)

  • In Latvian, Sauklis, lozungs

    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.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

19201930194019501960Donatas Sauka, b. 1929Leonardas Sauka, b. 1931Šarūnas Sauka, b. 1958

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(measured from records)

Attested in 15 sources across 9 countries.

Official registers attesting Sauka
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)—180#40,060
GB United KingdomSurnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register)200226#76,659
HR CroatiaDZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form)202113#28,381
HR CroatiaDZS — Učestalost prezimena (Popis 2021)202113—
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames)20267—
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names)—7#170,436
EE EstoniaStatistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed)—7#14,106
EE EstoniaStatistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed)—6#15,000
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames)20265—
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names)—5#206,691

Reference works 3

  • Lietuvių kalbos institutas — Lietuvių pavardžių žodynas (Lithuanian surname dictionary)
  • Wikipedia surname tokens
  • Lietuvių pavardžių žodynas (Dictionary of Lithuanian Surnames)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

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About this data

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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Sauka”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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