Sichembe Surname

178,592nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,391 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Zambia

Sichembe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sichembe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zambia1,7181:9,2261,088
Tanzania6671:79,3738,166
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Sichembe Last Name Facts

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

Sichembe has its highest incidence in Zambia. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sichembe? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 178,592nd most widespread last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 3,047,907 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Sichembe reside; 72 percent reside in Southern Africa and 72 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

The last name Sichembe is most commonly held in Zambia, where it is borne by 1,718 people, or 1 in 9,226. In Zambia Sichembe is mostly found in: Muchinga Province, where 45 percent live, Copperbelt Province, where 19 percent live and Lusaka Province, where 18 percent live. Barring Zambia this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 28 percent live and South Africa, where 0 percent live.

Sichembe Last Name Statistics demography

Sichembe earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 36.72% less than the national average, earning R 150,372 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 Sichembe
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