Sahara is used as a family name or surname in Japan. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Sahara
No. of characters: 6
Origin: Japan
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Sahara

How popular is Sahara?

Sahara is common in Japan.

Sahara is ranked 16751 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Saharas plummeted by 3.910614 per cent to 172 since 2000 and slipped by 9480 spots and ranked at 104156. The last name was found in around 1 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 56.4 58.1
White 17.44 25.14
Black 11.05 7.82
Hispanic or Latino 7.56 5.59
Sahara is quite popular family name mostly used in Indonesia while Japan is ahead in terms of density. Around 31345 people have been found who wears Sahara as their family name. Sahara is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
28,661 Serbia8
26,325 Mauritania5
46,707 New Zealand5
214,847 Australia4
10,329 Pakistan3
14,054 China3
14,193 Egypt3
34,681 Norway2
10,858 Tunisia2
12,161 Wales2
24,269 Peru2
9,185 Hong Kong2
20,186 Kenya2
118,015 Netherlands1
17,236 Ghana1
172,258 Germany1
3,993 El Salvador1
7,314 Bolivia1
91,024 Belgium1
53,033 Nigeria1
2,211 Brunei1
10,958 Bangladesh1
107,212 South Africa1
37,493 Austria1
7,847 Albania1
134,667 Zimbabwe1
30,360 Thailand1
7,191 Afghanistan1
20,172 Hungary1
3,275 Nepal1
11,510 Oman1
12,745 Luxembourg1
66,560 Philippines1
21,562 Portugal1
4,942 Libya1
36,678 Singapore1
9,926 Ivory Coast1
81,201 Switzerland1
8,859 Iraq1
53,505 Turkey1
13,447 Uganda1
29,595 Iran1
29,774 Venezuela1
7,292 Vietnam1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
59,023 Tanzania49
6,551 Qatar39
85,726 Canada32
29,383 United Arab Emirates31
32,811 Sweden29
107,506 England27
71,920 Spain22
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
67,110 Italy90
117,149 France73
5,314 Kuwait70
Countries with hundreds of Sahara:
13,246 Algeria446
32,218 Brazil366
10,478 Saudi Arabia308
90,896 United States254
19,046 Mexico183
11,447 Malaysia152
Countries with thousands of Sahara:
1,999 Morocco2,484
27,311 India1,385
961 Niger1,339
Countries with ten thousands of Sahara:
1,239 Indonesia12,708
1,384 Japan11,184
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Sahara Namesakes

  • Aviram Saharai, Musical Artist
  • Tunku Sahara Binti Almarhum Sultan Abdul Hamid Halim Sh, Tunku Abdul Rahman's sister
  • Dhriti Saharan, Film actress
  • Hideki Sahara, Soccer player
  • Kenji Sahara, Actor
  • Kenji Sahara, Actor
  • Omar Khayyam Saharanpuri, Screenwriter
  • Kôki Sahara, Actor
  • Kenji Sahara, Actor
  • T. Sahara Meer, Actress

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