The Sako surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 568 people carried this name — #38,850 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 526,300 people counted. That is down 1% from 573 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 100 people named Sako.
Most of them — 63 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 14 départements, most often Seine-Saint-Denis.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
25 people named Sako live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 24 people named Sako live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Brussels-Capital.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
67 people named Sako are counted in Sweden and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Sako in American newspapers,
1894–1945.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 34,133 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Sako,
with a public archive behind them.
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Louis Raphaël I Sako 1948– · archbishop -
Bakary Sako 1988– · association football player -
Hatadou Sako 1995– · handball player -
Neal Sako 1998– · basketball player -
Seiji Sako 1898–1983 · businessperson
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Zihni Sako 1912–1981 · writer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 22 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Sako.
- Sainz 3,869 · U.S. census
- Sais 1,064 · U.S. census
- Saiter 127 · U.S. census
- Saiz 4,878 · U.S. census
- Sajous 412 · U.S. census
- Saker 447 · U.S. census
- Sala 4,386 · U.S. census
- Saladin 1,107 · U.S. census
- Saladino 1,921 · U.S. census
- Salah 1,783 · U.S. census
- Salama 1,613 · U.S. census
- Salami 886 · U.S. census
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