Sijela Surname
Approximately 226 people bear this surname
Sijela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 224 | 1:236,346 | 19,344 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Sijela (12) may also be a first name.
Sijela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sijela Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sijela occurs in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sijela? popularity and diffusion
The surname Sijela is the 1,088,856th most commonly used family name globally, held by around 1 in 32,245,778 people. The last name Sijela is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Sijela are found; 99 percent are found in East Africa and 99 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,306,491st most prevalent first name in the world, held by 12 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Tanzania, where it is carried by 224 people, or 1 in 236,346. In Tanzania it is mostly concentrated in: Rukwa Region, where 100 percent live. Not including Tanzania Sijela is found in 2 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 0 percent live and South Africa, where 0 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 Sijela
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