Sigawa Surname
Approximately 193 people bear this surname
Sigawa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 164 | 1:322,815 | 24,412 |
| Indonesia | 21 | 1:6,297,581 | 275,398 |
| Kenya | 5 | 1:9,235,980 | 55,978 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Sigawa (16) may also be a first name.
Sigawa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sigawa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sigawa is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sigawa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,214,709th most frequently held last name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 37,759,305 people. Sigawa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 88 percent of Sigawa live; 88 percent live in East Africa and 85 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Sigawa is also the 2,786,762nd most widespread first name world-wide It is held by 16 people.
The last name Sigawa is most widespread in Tanzania, where it is held by 164 people, or 1 in 322,815. In Tanzania it is most numerous in: Mbeya Region, where 55 percent reside, Mara Region, where 43 percent reside and Mwanza Region, where 1 percent reside. Without taking into account Tanzania it occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 11 percent reside and Kenya, where 3 percent reside.
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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 Sigawa
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