Sije Surname
Approximately 510 people bear this surname
Sije Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 233 | 1:198,197 | 14,514 |
| India | 104 | 1:7,375,629 | 160,209 |
| Nigeria | 70 | 1:2,530,611 | 83,100 |
| Indonesia | 65 | 1:2,034,603 | 127,068 |
| Tanzania | 25 | 1:2,117,665 | 47,926 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Romania | 4 | 1:5,019,468 | 62,922 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Sije (723) may also be a first name.
Sije Demographics
Sije Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Sije Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sije Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sije (Hindi: सिजे, Marathi: सीजे, Oriya: ସିେଜ) occurs more in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sije? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 607,405th most widespread last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 14,289,306 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 65 percent of Sije live; 51 percent live in East Africa and 44 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 306,882nd most frequently occurring first name world-wide It is held by 723 people.
The last name Sije is most widely held in Kenya, where it is borne by 233 people, or 1 in 198,197. In Kenya it is primarily concentrated in: Migori County, where 71 percent live, Homa Bay County, where 22 percent live and Kisumu County, where 4 percent live. Barring Kenya this last name occurs in 10 countries. It also occurs in India, where 20 percent live and Nigeria, where 14 percent live.
Sije Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sije Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sije in the Oriya language | ||
| ସିେଜ | sieja | - |
| Sije in the Marathi language | ||
| सीजे | sije | - |
| Sije in the Hindi language | ||
| सिजे | sije | 53.33 |
| सीजे | sije | 33.33 |
| सी़जे | sije | 6.67 |
| सी़जे़ | sije | 6.67 |
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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 Sije
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