Sikalinga Surname
Approximately 262 people bear this surname
Sikalinga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 247 | 1:64,170 | 5,719 |
| Malawi | 9 | 1:1,902,123 | 19,532 |
| Zimbabwe | 6 | 1:2,573,040 | 106,478 |
Sikalinga (14) may also be a first name.
Sikalinga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sikalinga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sikalinga is carried by more people in Zambia than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sikalinga? popularity and diffusion
It is the 983,245th most frequently occurring last name worldwide, held by around 1 in 27,815,061 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Sikalinga reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,024,661st most frequent first name internationally It is held by 14 people.
This surname is most widespread in Zambia, where it is carried by 247 people, or 1 in 64,170. In Zambia Sikalinga is primarily concentrated in: Southern Province, where 88 percent reside, Central Province, where 9 percent reside and Copperbelt Province, where 2 percent reside. Not including Zambia Sikalinga exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Malawi, where 3 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shikalina | 89 | 24 | / |
| Sikalenga | 89 | 1 | / |
| Sekalina | 82 | 71 | / |
| Sikalena | 82 | 1 | / |
| Sikalgad | 82 | 1 | / |
| Sikkalinger | 80 | 1 | / |
| Sikalengo | 78 | 1,671 | / |
| Shekalina | 78 | 40 | / |
| Sikalgadh | 78 | 31 | / |
| Sikalenge | 78 | 26 | / |
| Shikolina | 78 | 7 | / |
| Zikalenga | 78 | 4 | / |
| Shikalgad | 78 | 1 | / |
| Sekalenga | 78 | 1 | / |
| Chikhalina | 74 | 113 | / |
| Sikalghadh | 74 | 1 | / |
| Shikalgadh | 74 | 1 | / |
| Shikelenga | 74 | 1 | / |
| Chikalenga | 74 | 1 | / |
| Cekalina | 71 | 47 | / |
| Çekalina | 71 | 4 | / |
| Cicalina | 71 | 1 | / |
| Şiqalina | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ssekalga | 71 | 1 | / |
| Seytkhalina | 70 | 2 | / |
| Chekalina | 67 | 3,211 | / |
| Shekalyna | 67 | 10 | / |
| Chikolina | 67 | 4 | / |
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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 Sikalinga
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