Sigonyela Surname

272,960th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,425 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Sigonyela Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sigonyela Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1,4211:38,1264,889
Lesotho41:508,14018,568

Sigonyela (19) may also be a first name.

Sigonyela Last Name Facts

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

The last name Sigonyela is found in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sigonyela? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 272,960th most prevalent surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 5,114,067 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Sigonyela are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Sigonyela is also the 2,523,061st most numerous forename on earth, borne by 19 people.

This surname is most frequent in South Africa, where it is held by 1,421 people, or 1 in 38,126. In South Africa Sigonyela is primarily concentrated in: Eastern Cape, where 53 percent live, Western Cape, where 24 percent live and Gauteng, where 10 percent live. Aside from South Africa it exists in one country. It also occurs in Lesotho, where 0 percent live.

Sigonyela Last Name Statistics demography

Sigonyela earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 53.79% less than the national average, earning R 109,824 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sighonyela953/
Segonyela8923/
Sigonyele8912/
Sigonuela892/
Siganyela892/
Sigongela892/
Sigonyelo891/
Sigunyela891/
Sekgonyela842/
Zigunyele671/
Shiganaulla601/

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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 Sigonyela
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis