Sikanyika Surname
Approximately 13,599 people bear this surname
Sikanyika Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 9,185 | 1:1,726 | 244 |
| Tanzania | 4,194 | 1:12,623 | 1,639 |
| Malawi | 157 | 1:109,039 | 12,664 |
| Zimbabwe | 23 | 1:671,228 | 49,171 |
| Botswana | 22 | 1:99,406 | 15,343 |
| South Africa | 8 | 1:6,772,213 | 167,054 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
Sikanyika Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sikanyika Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sikanyika occurs more in Zambia more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sikanyika? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 38,671st most numerous last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 535,888 people. The last name Sikanyika is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Sikanyika live; 69 percent live in Southern Africa and 69 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
It is most commonly held in Zambia, where it is carried by 9,185 people, or 1 in 1,726. In Zambia Sikanyika is most common in: Muchinga Province, where 39 percent live, Lusaka Province, where 21 percent live and Copperbelt Province, where 19 percent live. Not including Zambia Sikanyika is found in 9 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 31 percent live and Malawi, where 1 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 Sikanyika
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