Saka Family History

Turkish: occupational name from saka ‘water-carrier’ or an ornamental name or nickname from a homonym meaning ‘goldfinch’.

West African (Nigeria): Yoruba name of unexplained etymology.

Japanese: written 坂 or 阪 ‘(one who lives on the) slope’. Found throughout Japan it can also be written phonetically as 佐加 ‘help’ and ‘add’.

Some occurrences in America could be the result of shortening longer names beginning with Saka-.

Indian: Jat name perhaps referring to the Scythians who came to India and to whom they trace their ancestry.