Sifala Surname
Approximately 19 people bear this surname
Sifala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 8 | 1:1,929,780 | 92,581 |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Sifala (47) may also be a first name.
Sifala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sifala Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sifala is found most in Zimbabwe. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sifala? popularity and diffusion
Sifala is the 4,532,898th most commonly held last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 383,555,048 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 58 percent of Sifala live; 53 percent live in Southern Africa and 47 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Sifala is also the 1,467,136th most frequently held forename in the world. It is borne by 47 people.
The last name Sifala is most frequent in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 8 people, or 1 in 1,929,780. In Zimbabwe Sifala is most prevalent in: Mashonaland East Province, where 75 percent reside, Mashonaland West Province, where 13 percent reside and Masvingo Province, where 13 percent reside. Excluding Zimbabwe it is found in 7 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 26 percent reside and Afghanistan, where 5 percent reside.
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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 Sifala
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