Sichela Surname
Approximately 4,987 people bear this surname
Sichela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 2,296 | 1:6,903 | 826 |
| Tanzania | 2,107 | 1:25,127 | 3,078 |
| Malawi | 523 | 1:32,733 | 4,882 |
| Thailand | 35 | 1:2,018,238 | 239,646 |
| Zimbabwe | 20 | 1:771,912 | 53,776 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Sichela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sichela Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sichela (Oriya: ସିେଚଲା) is found in Zambia more than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sichela? popularity and diffusion
The last name Sichela is the 95,424th most widespread surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 1,461,309 people. The last name Sichela occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Sichela reside; 57 percent reside in Southern Africa and 57 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
The last name is most prevalent in Zambia, where it is held by 2,296 people, or 1 in 6,903. In Zambia Sichela is most frequent in: Muchinga Province, where 51 percent reside, Lusaka Province, where 23 percent reside and Copperbelt Province, where 16 percent reside. Besides Zambia Sichela occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 42 percent reside and Malawi, where 10 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sichela Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sichela in the Oriya language | ||
| ସିେଚଲା | siecala | - |
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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 Sichela
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