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
Sijja is more frequently found in Uganda than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sijja? popularity and diffusion
The surname Sijja is the 4,532,898th most common last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 383,555,048 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 95 percent of Sijja reside; 95 percent reside in East Africa and 58 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Sijja is also the 2,694,839th most common first name world-wide. It is borne by 17 people.
The last name Sijja is most frequently occurring in Uganda, where it is carried by 18 people, or 1 in 2,168,849. In Uganda it 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 Sijja 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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