Sihya Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Sihya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Sihya (25) may also be a first name.
Sihya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sihya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sihya is found most frequently in Tanzania. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Sihya click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sihya? popularity and diffusion
The last name Sihya is the 8,968,613th most frequently occurring surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The surname Sihya occurs mostly in Africa, where 75 percent of Sihya reside; 50 percent reside in East Africa and 50 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,136,160th most commonly occurring first name in the world, borne by 25 people.
The surname Sihya is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 26,470,806. In Tanzania Sihya is most frequent in: Arusha Region, where 50 percent live and Kilimanjaro Region, where 50 percent live. Not including Tanzania this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Afghanistan, where 25 percent live and Cameroon, where 25 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 Sihya
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