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 found in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. For other potential spellings of Sigawa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sigawa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,214,709th most frequently held surname internationally, held by around 1 in 37,759,305 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 88 percent of Sigawa are found; 88 percent are found in East Africa and 85 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,786,762nd most prevalent first name internationally It is held by 16 people.
This surname is most common in Tanzania, where it is carried by 164 people, or 1 in 322,815. In Tanzania it is primarily found in: Mbeya Region, where 55 percent live, Mara Region, where 43 percent live and Mwanza Region, where 1 percent live. Beside Tanzania this surname exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 11 percent live and Kenya, where 3 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 Sigawa
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