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
Sijela has its highest incidence in Tanzania. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Sijela.
How Common Is The Last Name Sijela? popularity and diffusion
The surname Sijela is the 1,088,856th most widespread family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 32,245,778 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Sijela live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 99 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Sijela is also the 3,306,491st most widely held first name globally It is held by 12 people.
This last name is most widespread in Tanzania, where it is borne by 224 people, or 1 in 236,346. In Tanzania it is most numerous in: Rukwa Region, where 100 percent live. Beside Tanzania this last name occurs 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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