Sikalima Surname
Approximately 373 people bear this surname
Sikalima Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 221 | 1:71,719 | 6,216 |
| Malawi | 131 | 1:130,680 | 14,293 |
| Zimbabwe | 17 | 1:908,132 | 59,260 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
Sikalima Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sikalima Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sikalima is more commonly found in Zambia than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sikalima? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 764,765th most prevalent last name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 19,537,657 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Sikalima are found; 99 percent are found in Southern Africa and 99 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
This last name is most commonly held in Zambia, where it is held by 221 people, or 1 in 71,719. In Zambia it is most frequent in: Southern Province, where 86 percent reside, Lusaka Province, where 10 percent reside and Central Province, where 0 percent reside. Apart from Zambia Sikalima exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Malawi, where 35 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 5 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sikhalima | 94 | 6 | / |
| Sikalimay | 94 | 1 | / |
| Sikaluma | 88 | 91 | / |
| Sicalima | 88 | 1 | / |
| Sikalema | 88 | 1 | / |
| Sikalimi | 88 | 1 | / |
| Sikoelima | 82 | 5 | / |
| Sekalema | 75 | 98 | / |
| Sikelema | 75 | 17 | / |
| Zikaluma | 75 | 4 | / |
| Sekaluma | 75 | 1 | / |
| Ssekalema | 71 | 315 | / |
| Ssekaluma | 71 | 2 | / |
| Chikkalimath | 70 | 1 | / |
| Chikalemah | 67 | 9 | / |
| Sssekalema | 67 | 1 | / |
| Cicalema | 63 | 7 | / |
| Sekaleme | 63 | 3 | / |
| Shaikkolimi | 63 | 3 | / |
| Sekgalemo | 59 | 18 | / |
| Sekoelema | 59 | 8 | / |
| Shekolimo | 59 | 4 | / |
| Chekalime | 59 | 1 | / |
| Cikhaleme | 59 | 1 | / |
| Shekolimi | 59 | 1 | / |
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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 Sikalima
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