Shikana Surname
Approximately 15 people bear this surname
Shikana Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 7 | 1:7,739,672 | 177,858 |
| Russia | 4 | 1:36,030,764 | 577,589 |
| Zambia | 2 | 1:7,924,961 | 45,994 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Shikana (28) may also be a first name.
Shikana Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shikana Come From? nationality or country of origin
Shikana (Bengali: শিকানা, Hindi: शिकना, Russian: Шикана) is more frequently found in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Shikana? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 5,057,639th most common surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 485,836,394 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 73 percent of Shikana reside; 60 percent reside in Southern Africa and 60 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Shikana is also the 1,994,417th most widespread first name world-wide, held by 28 people.
The surname Shikana is most commonly occurring in South Africa, where it is carried by 7 people, or 1 in 7,739,672. In South Africa Shikana is most numerous in: Gauteng, where 86 percent live and Eastern Cape, where 14 percent live. Outside of South Africa this last name exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Russia, where 27 percent live and Zambia, where 13 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shikana Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shikana in the Bengali language | ||
| শিকানা | sikana | - |
| Shikana in the Hindi language | ||
| शिकना | sikana | 50 |
| शिकंा | sikama | 50 |
| Shikana in the Russian language | ||
| Шикана | sikana | - |
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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
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- 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 Shikana
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