Sifumbe Surname

5,587,209th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Zambia

Sifumbe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sifumbe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zambia111:1,440,90231,383
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Sifumbe Last Name Facts

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

The surname Sifumbe is found most frequently in Zambia. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Sifumbe click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sifumbe? popularity and diffusion

The last name Sifumbe is the 5,587,209th most frequent last name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 607,295,493 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Sifumbe live; 92 percent live in Southern Africa and 92 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The last name is most commonly held in Zambia, where it is held by 11 people, or 1 in 1,440,902. In Zambia Sifumbe is most prevalent in: North-Western Province, where 73 percent are found, Copperbelt Province, where 9 percent are found and Lusaka Province, where 9 percent are found. Besides Zambia this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in Uganda, where 8 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Shifumbe931/
Sifumba861,406/
Sifombe8610/
Chifumbe80915/
Ssefumbe801/
Shifumba801/
Shifumbi801/
Chipfumbe751/
Sefumba71148/
Chifumbi671,024/
Chipfumbi631/
Sefomba5747/

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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
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  • 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 Sifumbe
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