Sita Forename
325th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 1,915,726 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Nepal
Sita Forename Definition:
A Sanskrit name, meaning: The field-furrow, to which divine honors are paid in a Hindu ritual. Sita, in person, is the heroine of the Ramayana, one of the two great epics of India, and led a career highly dramatic.
Sita Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| India | 94% | 1,500,328 | 1:810 | 43 |
| Nepal | 94% | 280,253 | 1:102 | 5 |
| Burkina Faso | 76% | 46,173 | 1:398 | 69 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 41,279 | 1:559 | 64 |
| Indonesia | 97% | 11,382 | 1:22,664 | 3,139 |
| Mali | 76% | 5,081 | 1:3,341 | 358 |
| Tanzania | 79% | 3,440 | 1:15,345 | 1,714 |
| Niger | 95% | 3,118 | 1:6,153 | 710 |
| Guinea | 100% | 2,007 | 1:5,909 | 542 |
| Thailand | 96% | 1,798 | 1:38,969 | 4,526 |
| United States | 100% | 1,775 | 1:204,246 | 7,216 |
| Afghanistan | 99% | 1,754 | 1:18,599 | 1,456 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 1,657 | 1:10,200 | 1,243 |
| Pakistan | 98% | 1,367 | 1:142,178 | 5,461 |
| Mauritius | - | 1,210 | 1:1,073 | 162 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 1,048 | 1:29,376 | 1,712 |
| Malaysia | 91% | 977 | 1:31,167 | 2,854 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 853 | 1:1,596 | 307 |
| England | 100% | 781 | 1:71,195 | 2,983 |
| Bangladesh | 100% | 733 | 1:217,546 | 10,835 |
| DR Congo | 64% | 678 | 1:108,890 | 5,709 |
| Bhutan | 96% | 665 | 1:1,240 | 163 |
| Philippines | 98% | 502 | 1:211,174 | 9,211 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 501 | 1:41,515 | 4,680 |
| Canada | - | 457 | 1:72,502 | 4,189 |
| Ghana | 100% | 449 | 1:60,103 | 3,023 |
| Papua New Guinea | 85% | 421 | 1:19,364 | 1,931 |
| Senegal | 82% | 346 | 1:42,143 | 1,816 |
| South Africa | 90% | 306 | 1:178,211 | 11,927 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 291 | 1:105,885 | 10,050 |
| Mauritania | 97% | 284 | 1:14,420 | 1,146 |
| Mexico | 100% | 262 | 1:473,834 | 5,464 |
| Qatar | 84% | 225 | 1:10,532 | 1,670 |
| Suriname | 100% | 214 | 1:2,583 | 601 |
| Germany | 100% | 195 | 1:495,784 | 5,261 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 192 | 1:37,250 | 3,457 |
| Samoa | - | 183 | 1:1,067 | 329 |
| Guyana | 100% | 180 | 1:4,240 | 804 |
| Benin | 100% | 176 | 1:60,090 | 4,450 |
| Egypt | 81% | 174 | 1:528,166 | 14,341 |
| Iran | 100% | 130 | 1:603,822 | 6,611 |
| Morocco | - | 109 | 1:315,125 | 6,796 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 99 | 1:105,366 | 5,394 |
| New Zealand | - | 95 | 1:47,748 | 2,645 |
| Cameroon | 58% | 91 | 1:237,478 | 9,587 |
| France | 99% | 89 | 1:746,858 | 6,696 |
| Nigeria | 53% | 84 | 1:2,113,861 | 41,695 |
| Brazil | 100% | 81 | 1:2,644,891 | 50,994 |
| Australia | - | 79 | 1:172,881 | 4,735 |
| Cambodia | 66% | 58 | 1:280,575 | 7,778 |
| Spain | 76% | 58 | 1:802,241 | 7,895 |
| Zimbabwe | 64% | 57 | 1:270,593 | 14,914 |
| Russia | 97% | 50 | 1:2,884,674 | 17,015 |
| Sweden | 93% | 49 | 1:201,182 | 6,996 |
| Peru | 100% | 48 | 1:662,322 | 10,531 |
| Ecuador | - | 38 | 1:466,498 | 5,173 |
| Colombia | - | 37 | 1:1,291,322 | 13,152 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 35 | 1:679,134 | 32,372 |
| Uganda | 68% | 35 | 1:1,170,198 | 19,069 |
| Denmark | - | 34 | 1:166,162 | 3,974 |
| Italy | 98% | 31 | 1:1,969,745 | 13,753 |
| Kuwait | - | 28 | 1:135,188 | 8,745 |
| Liberia | 85% | 28 | 1:157,574 | 6,010 |
| Portugal | - | 28 | 1:371,817 | 6,212 |
| Venezuela | 98% | 27 | 1:1,118,589 | 23,272 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 26 | 1:315,904 | 6,089 |
| Angola | 100% | 25 | 1:1,078,664 | 2,481 |
| American Samoa | - | 23 | 1:2,428 | 422 |
| Panama | 100% | 23 | 1:169,850 | 6,950 |
| Singapore | 100% | 23 | 1:273,350 | 9,239 |
| Belgium | 100% | 22 | 1:522,275 | 8,300 |
| Hong Kong | - | 22 | 1:352,397 | 3,870 |
| China | - | 21 | 1:65,050,275 | 63,020 |
| Chile | 90% | 20 | 1:880,360 | 8,450 |
| Honduras | 100% | 19 | 1:464,077 | 7,312 |
| Congo | 100% | 18 | 1:278,289 | 6,631 |
| Norway | 100% | 16 | 1:320,771 | 6,812 |
| Zambia | - | 16 | 1:990,925 | 15,612 |
| Argentina | 100% | 15 | 1:2,851,550 | 9,163 |
| Ireland | - | 13 | 1:357,194 | 5,120 |
| Aruba | - | 13 | 1:7,983 | 1,397 |
| Israel | 97% | 13 | 1:646,378 | 11,150 |
| Scotland | 100% | 13 | 1:411,567 | 5,527 |
| Finland | 73% | 12 | 1:456,932 | 5,495 |
| Bolivia | - | 10 | 1:1,060,140 | 3,387 |
| Tajikistan | 100% | 9 | 1:930,547 | 3,856 |
| Turkey | 100% | 9 | 1:8,644,634 | 30,028 |
| El Salvador | - | 8 | 1:792,723 | 5,723 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 8 | 1:752,292 | 11,019 |
| Austria | 100% | 6 | 1:1,419,034 | 8,656 |
| Wales | 100% | 5 | 1:618,862 | 7,373 |
| Bahrain | - | 4 | 1:337,168 | 4,986 |
| Chad | 100% | 4 | 1:3,399,600 | 8,891 |
| Djibouti | - | 4 | 1:228,916 | 1,301 |
| Greece | 100% | 4 | 1:2,733,637 | 12,935 |
| Haiti | - | 4 | 1:2,681,738 | 23,796 |
| Malawi | 100% | 4 | 1:4,278,078 | 13,569 |
| Oman | - | 4 | 1:1,027,167 | 6,577 |
| Poland | 50% | 4 | 1:9,506,778 | 5,827 |
| Togo | - | 4 | 1:1,809,810 | 5,654 |
| Armenia | 100% | 3 | 1:972,918 | 8,284 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 3 | 1:3,214,315 | 27,427 |
| Japan | - | 3 | 1:42,662,019 | 63,122 |
| Kenya | - | 3 | 1:15,435,703 | 51,312 |
| Vietnam | - | 3 | 1:30,874,371 | 5,995 |
| Bahamas | - | 2 | 1:199,685 | 2,758 |
| Belize | 100% | 2 | 1:177,154 | 5,935 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 2 | 1:2,383,974 | 18,662 |
| Czechia | - | 2 | 1:5,328,081 | 8,108 |
| Grenada | 100% | 2 | 1:54,062 | 3,078 |
| Iceland | - | 2 | 1:183,008 | 5,215 |
| Jamaica | - | 2 | 1:1,441,614 | 15,741 |
| Jordan | - | 2 | 1:4,413,387 | 8,826 |
| Lithuania | - | 2 | 1:1,475,941 | 3,949 |
| Macau | - | 2 | 1:304,104 | 1,640 |
| Romania | - | 2 | 1:10,025,988 | 47,037 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 2 | 1:55,790 | 4,636 |
| Algeria | - | 1 | 1:38,176,720 | 32,669 |
| Barbados | - | 1 | 1:289,789 | 3,893 |
| Belarus | - | 1 | 1:9,482,384 | 20,892 |
| Botswana | - | 1 | 1:2,184,449 | 21,741 |
| Bulgaria | - | 1 | 1:6,990,390 | 27,036 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 1 | 1:1,137,689 | 1,044 |
| Ethiopia | - | 1 | 1:97,560,133 | 29,608 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 1 | 1:49,127 | 2,467 |
| Fiji | - | 1 | 1:892,378 | 3,968 |
| Guatemala | - | 1 | 1:16,108,429 | 13,998 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 1 | 1:17,746,845 | 44,366 |
| Latvia | 100% | 1 | 1:2,015,645 | 6,531 |
| Malta | - | 1 | 1:429,360 | 3,141 |
| Mongolia | 100% | 1 | 1:2,934,814 | 16,205 |
| Myanmar | - | 1 | 1:51,948,273 | 3,226 |
| Namibia | - | 1 | 1:2,404,179 | 16,970 |
| Nauru | 100% | 1 | 1:11,927 | 903 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 1 | 1:270,164 | 3,221 |
| Niue | - | 1 | 1:1,604 | 70 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 1 | 1:7,236,805 | 16,549 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 1 | 1:3,550,301 | 10,040 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 1 | 1:177,815 | 8,104 |
| Seychelles | - | 1 | 1:92,670 | 1,891 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 1 | 1:580,957 | 8,641 |
| South Korea | - | 1 | 1:5,544,421 | 37,250 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 1 | 1:11,551,019 | 3,224 |
| Tonga | - | 1 | 1:107,436 | 779 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:109,747 | 4,493 |
| Uruguay | - | 1 | 1:3,427,637 | 13,958 |
| Wallis and Futuna | - | 1 | 1:13,529 | 157 |
The alternate forms: Síta (3), Sità (1) & Sítá (3) are calculated separately.
Sita (68,343) may also be a surname.
Sita Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A Sanskrit name, meaning: The field-furrow, to which divine honors are paid in a Hindu ritual. Sita, in person, is the heroine of the Ramayana, one of the two great epics of India, and led a career highly dramatic.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Sita Forename Popularity
Sita Demographics
Sita Political Affiliation
in United States
Sample size: 368 (2014)
United States
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Phonetically Similar Names
Sita Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sita in the Russian language | ||
| Сита | sita | - |
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