Sijja Surname
Approximately 19 people bear this surname
Sijja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 18 | 1:2,168,849 | 67,754 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
Sijja (17) may also be a first name.
Sijja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sijja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sijja is found most frequently in Uganda. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Sijja.
How Common Is The Last Name Sijja? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 4,532,898th most widespread surname in the world, held by around 1 in 383,555,048 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 95 percent of Sijja live; 95 percent live in East Africa and 58 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Sijja is also the 2,694,839th most frequently occurring given name world-wide, borne by 17 people.
The surname is most common in Uganda, where it is held by 18 people, or 1 in 2,168,849. In Uganda Sijja is primarily found in: Pallisa District, where 39 percent are found, Mbale District, where 33 percent are found and Wakiso District, where 11 percent are found. Barring Uganda this surname is found in one country. It is also common in Pakistan, where 5 percent are found.
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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 Sijja
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