Sifuna Surname

22,105th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 24,604 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Sifuna Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sifuna Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya23,0641:2,002309
Uganda1,4831:26,3253,702
Zambia231:689,12726,212
Papua New Guinea131:627,20974,307
United States81:45,307,367917,113
England41:13,929,515290,718
Tanzania21:26,470,806111,653
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Djibouti11:914,9321,612
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Sifuna (10,679) may also be a first name.

Sifuna Last Name Facts

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

The last name Sifuna is more frequently found in Kenya than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sifuna? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 22,105th most widespread surname on earth It is held by around 1 in 296,194 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Sifuna are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 93 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Sifuna is also the 58,636th most frequently used first name world-wide, borne by 10,679 people.

The last name Sifuna is most frequently occurring in Kenya, where it is carried by 23,064 people, or 1 in 2,002. In Kenya Sifuna is most numerous in: Bungoma County, where 62 percent are found, Kakamega County, where 19 percent are found and Trans Nzoia County, where 8 percent are found. Besides Kenya this surname occurs in 13 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 6 percent are found and Zambia, where 0 percent are found.

Sifuna Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Sifuna surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sifunga9250/
Sifouna9235/
Sifunah9215/
Sifuuna926/
Shifuna926/
Saifuna924/
Ssifuna922/
Sifaunah8618/
Sifounas8614/
Saifunna868/
Sifounga861/
Siffuuna861/
Sifuni83557/
Sifona8315/
Jifuna839/
Sefuna835/
Shifunaaz801/
Sifoune77921/
Chifuna77344/
Sifunje7750/
Cifunga7727/
Saifuni7715/
Shifona774/
Sifungo774/
Syofuna772/
Sefunga772/
Zifunga771/
Shefuna771/
Sifouni771/
Seifoune71219/
Siphunga71139/
Shifunje716/
Saifouni716/
Siffoune713/
Saifoune713/
Ssefunga712/
Sifooina711/
Zifougna711/
Shifungo711/
Sayfuina711/
Chipfuna711/
Cifuni67475/
Sefuno67166/
Cifuno6727/
Sifone6726/
Cifune6725/
Jefuna678/
Sefune675/
Sayfunuha675/
Zifune673/
Siphounas671/

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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 Sifuna
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