Sifumba Surname

275,902nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,406 people bear this surname

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

Sifumba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sifumba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1,4011:38,6714,975
England31:18,572,686338,250
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Lesotho11:2,032,55823,402

Sifumba Last Name Facts

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

Sifumba is held by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Sifumba.

How Common Is The Last Name Sifumba? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 275,902nd most frequently held family name globally, borne by around 1 in 5,183,176 people. The surname Sifumba occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Sifumba are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

This last name is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is held by 1,401 people, or 1 in 38,671. In South Africa it is primarily found in: Eastern Cape, where 57 percent reside, Gauteng, where 16 percent reside and Western Cape, where 13 percent reside. Other than South Africa Sifumba occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in England, where 0 percent reside and Kenya, where 0 percent reside.

Sifumba Last Name Statistics demography

Sifumba earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 25.85% less than the national average, earning R 176,220 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Shifumba931/
Sefumba86148/
Sifumbe8612/
Sifumbo861/
Chifumba80165/
Shifumbi801/
Shifumbe801/
Chipfumba751/
Gefumba7175/
Sefomba7147/
Sifombe7110/
Sifombo715/
Chifumbi671,024/
Chifumbe67915/
Chifumbo6765/
Ssefumbe671/
Chipfumbo631/
Chipfumbi631/
Chipfumbe631/
Sefunwa571/
Siphombo531/
Sayfunuha505/

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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 Sifumba
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