Sigirya Surname

1,755,741st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 109 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Sigirya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sigirya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania1051:504,20633,569
Uganda31:13,013,093160,157
India11:767,065,3821,851,717

Sigirya Last Name Facts

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

The last name Sigirya is found in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sigirya? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,755,741st most frequent surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 66,858,219 people. The surname Sigirya occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Sigirya reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 99 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.

It is most common in Tanzania, where it is held by 105 people, or 1 in 504,206. In Tanzania Sigirya is most common in: Mara Region, where 100 percent are found. Not including Tanzania this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 3 percent are found and India, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sigiria86309/
Jigirya861/
Sijairya803/
Jiguirya801/
Djiguirya751/
Sisiria7148/
Sigeria713/
Siguria711/
Sesirya711/
Chigiryo671,638/
Shegerya67219/
Chigerya6733/
Suigerea677/
Seghiria676/
Sigueria673/
Sikhiria672/
Djigerya671/
Segirija671/

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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 Sigirya
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