Sichilya Surname
Approximately 1,886 people bear this surname
Sichilya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 1,012 | 1:15,662 | 1,768 |
| Tanzania | 869 | 1:60,922 | 6,535 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Sichilya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sichilya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sichilya is found in Zambia more than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sichilya? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 217,420th most prevalent surname on earth, borne by around 1 in 3,864,022 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Sichilya are found; 54 percent are found in Southern Africa and 54 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
The last name is most prevalent in Zambia, where it is held by 1,012 people, or 1 in 15,662. In Zambia Sichilya is most numerous in: Northern Province, where 40 percent live, Lusaka Province, where 28 percent live and Copperbelt Province, where 17 percent live. Excluding Zambia this last name exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 46 percent live and South Africa, where 0 percent live.
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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 Sichilya
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