Sanyika Surname

204,617th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,030 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Sanyika Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sanyika Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe1,6951:9,1081,120
Malawi1831:93,54711,397
Tanzania641:827,21343,161
United States461:7,879,542351,394
South Africa191:2,851,458109,033
England81:6,964,757184,742
Botswana41:546,73222,624
Mozambique41:6,815,3924,272
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Romania11:20,077,87089,414

Sanyika (71) may also be a first name.

Sanyika Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Sanyika Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Sanyika has its highest incidence in Zimbabwe. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sanyika? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 204,617th most widespread last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 3,589,924 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Sanyika reside; 94 percent reside in Southern Africa and 94 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,152,838th most common first name internationally It is held by 71 people.

This surname is most frequent in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 1,695 people, or 1 in 9,108. In Zimbabwe it is most frequent in: Harare Province, where 37 percent are found, Mashonaland East Province, where 27 percent are found and Mashonaland Central Province, where 13 percent are found. Barring Zimbabwe this last name exists in 12 countries. It is also found in Malawi, where 9 percent are found and Tanzania, where 3 percent are found.

Sanyika Last Name Statistics demography

Sanyika earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 25.47% more than the national average, earning $54,141 USD per year.

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Sanyika
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