Sichona Surname
Approximately 1,383 people bear this surname
Sichona Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 1,263 | 1:41,917 | 4,773 |
| Zambia | 118 | 1:134,321 | 9,923 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Sichona Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sichona Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sichona is more commonly found in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Sichona click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sichona? popularity and diffusion
The last name Sichona is the 279,475th most frequent last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 5,269,375 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Sichona live; 91 percent live in East Africa and 91 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
Sichona is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is borne by 1,263 people, or 1 in 41,917. In Tanzania Sichona is primarily found in: Songwe Region, where 52 percent live, Mbeya Region, where 18 percent live and Rukwa Region, where 16 percent live. Not including Tanzania this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Zambia, where 9 percent live and England, 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 Sichona
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