Sifuwe Surname
Approximately 224 people bear this surname
Sifuwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 211 | 1:75,118 | 6,452 |
| Zimbabwe | 13 | 1:1,187,557 | 68,998 |
Sifuwe (43) may also be a first name.
Sifuwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sifuwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sifuwe is more frequently found in Zambia than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Sifuwe.
How Common Is The Last Name Sifuwe? popularity and diffusion
The last name Sifuwe is the 1,095,216th most commonly occurring family name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 32,533,687 people. Sifuwe occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Sifuwe are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,545,828th most commonly held first name globally, held by 43 people.
This surname is most frequently used in Zambia, where it is held by 211 people, or 1 in 75,118. In Zambia it is most frequent in: Western Province, where 62 percent live, Central Province, where 22 percent live and Lusaka Province, where 13 percent live. Other than Zambia this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 6 percent live.
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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 Sifuwe
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