Sifunya Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Sifunya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
Sifunya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sifunya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sifunya is carried by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sifunya? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 8,968,613th most frequently occurring family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The last name Sifunya is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Sifunya are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 75 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
The surname is most commonly used in Kenya, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 23,089,950. In Kenya it is most frequent in: Bungoma County, where 50 percent live and Trans Nzoia County, where 50 percent live. Outside of Kenya it exists in one country. It also occurs in Uganda, where 50 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sifunnya | 93 | 1 | / |
| Sifonya | 86 | 3 | / |
| Sifunja | 86 | 1 | / |
| Zifunya | 86 | 1 | / |
| Seifinya | 80 | 28 | / |
| Shifunja | 80 | 4 | / |
| Chipfunya | 75 | 27 | / |
| Sifunjo | 71 | 9 | / |
| Sifonia | 71 | 3 | / |
| Zifunyo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sephunya | 67 | 28 | / |
| Seifinia | 67 | 5 | / |
| Zifougna | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chifunja | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sifounios | 63 | 179 | / |
| Chaiphunya | 59 | 4 | / |
| Sefonyo | 57 | 23 | / |
| Sefinia | 57 | 2 | / |
| Sifonio | 57 | 2 | / |
| Jefunea | 57 | 1 | / |
| Chifunjo | 53 | 4 | / |
| Jefuniah | 53 | 1 | / |
| Chipfunho | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Sifunya
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis