Saraki is a Nigerian surname of Yoruba origin it means "High Chief".

Notable people with the surname

Bukola Saraki Abubakar Bukola Saraki (; born on 19 December 1962) is a Nigerian politician who served as the 13th president of the Nigerian Senate from 2015 to 2019. He was elected the President of Nigeria’s 8th Senate on 9 June 2015 under the All Progr ...

(born 1962), former

President of the Senate of Nigeria The president of the Nigerian Senate is the presiding officer of the Senate of Nigeria, elected by its membership. The senate president is second in line of succession to the President of Nigeria, Nigerian presidency, after the Vice President of ...

and Governor of Kwara State *

Olusola Saraki Abubakar Olusola Saraki (; 17 May 1933 – 14 November 2012) was a Nigerian politician, who was a Senator in the Nigerian Second Republic (1979–1983). He was the holder of the chieftaincy title of the Waziri of the Ilorin Emirate, and belonge ...

(1933–2012), Nigerian politician and senator * Toyin Saraki (born 1964), Nigerian philanthropist * Gbemisola Ruqayyah Saraki (born 1965), Nigerian politician and current Minister of State for Mines and Steel Development

References

{{Reflist Yoruba-language surnames Yoruba given names