Sikaona Surname
Approximately 2,238 people bear this surname
Sikaona Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 2,037 | 1:7,781 | 927 |
| Malawi | 183 | 1:93,547 | 11,397 |
| Tanzania | 10 | 1:5,294,161 | 57,086 |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Sikaona Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sikaona Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sikaona is more commonly found in Zambia than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sikaona? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 188,860th most frequently held last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 3,256,276 people. The surname Sikaona is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Sikaona live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
This surname is most prevalent in Zambia, where it is held by 2,037 people, or 1 in 7,781. In Zambia Sikaona is primarily found in: Muchinga Province, where 42 percent reside, Copperbelt Province, where 23 percent reside and Lusaka Province, where 15 percent reside. Beside Zambia it exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Malawi, where 8 percent reside and Tanzania, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Sikaona
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