Sihamba Surname

1,055,483rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 237 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Botswana

Sihamba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sihamba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1671:324,41730,492
Zimbabwe361:428,84037,622
Botswana331:66,27111,607
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676

Sihamba (15) may also be a first name.

Sihamba Last Name Facts

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

The surname Sihamba is more frequently found in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sihamba? popularity and diffusion

The surname Sihamba is the 1,055,483rd most commonly occurring last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 30,749,139 people. The last name Sihamba occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Sihamba reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,900,335th most widespread first name world-wide It is held by 15 people.

The last name Sihamba is most numerous in South Africa, where it is held by 167 people, or 1 in 324,417. In South Africa Sihamba is most frequent in: Western Cape, where 57 percent reside, Eastern Cape, where 36 percent reside and Gauteng, where 4 percent reside. Excluding South Africa it is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 15 percent reside and Botswana, where 14 percent reside.

Sihamba Last Name Statistics demography

Sihamba earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 54.19% less than the national average, earning R 108,852 per year.

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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 Sihamba
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