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 last name Sichela (Oriya: ସିେଚଲା) has its highest incidence in Zambia. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sichela? popularity and diffusion
The last name Sichela is the 95,424th most frequent family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 1,461,309 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Sichela are found; 57 percent are found in Southern Africa and 57 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
The last name Sichela is most numerous in Zambia, where it is borne by 2,296 people, or 1 in 6,903. In Zambia Sichela is mostly concentrated in: Muchinga Province, where 51 percent live, Lusaka Province, where 23 percent live and Copperbelt Province, where 16 percent live. Without taking into account Zambia it is found in 7 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 42 percent live and Malawi, where 10 percent live.
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
- 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 Sichela
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