Sifiso Surname

2,352,516th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 66 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Sifiso Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sifiso Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa501:1,083,55464,652
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
England31:18,572,686338,250
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Sifiso (77,085) may also be a first name.

Sifiso Last Name Facts

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

Sifiso occurs most in South Africa. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Sifiso? popularity and diffusion

The last name Sifiso is the 2,352,516th most numerous family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 110,417,362 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 80 percent of Sifiso reside; 80 percent reside in Southern Africa and 80 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Sifiso is also the 12,773rd most frequently used given name globally. It is borne by 77,085 people.

It is most numerous in South Africa, where it is carried by 50 people, or 1 in 1,083,554. In South Africa it is most frequent in: Gauteng, where 52 percent reside, KwaZulu-Natal, where 36 percent reside and Mpumalanga, where 10 percent reside. Barring South Africa this last name is found in 9 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 8 percent reside and England, where 5 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sefiso833/
Sifico831/
Caifiso771/
Sefidsoo7115/
Sefisa6736/
Jifisa672/
Zifisa672/
Siphiosio671/
Cifico671/
Sifezo671/
Sifica671/

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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 Sifiso
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