Sikawa Surname
Approximately 3,061 people bear this surname
Sikawa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 2,351 | 1:22,519 | 2,785 |
| Malawi | 366 | 1:46,774 | 6,615 |
| Kenya | 245 | 1:188,489 | 14,045 |
| Papua New Guinea | 56 | 1:145,602 | 20,089 |
| Nigeria | 24 | 1:7,380,948 | 165,663 |
| Uganda | 8 | 1:4,879,910 | 106,546 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Sikawa (182) may also be a first name.
Sikawa Demographics
Sikawa Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Sikawa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sikawa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sikawa is more frequently found in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sikawa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 145,055th most commonly occurring last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 2,380,773 people. The surname Sikawa occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Sikawa are found; 85 percent are found in East Africa and 77 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 675,152nd most numerous first name in the world, borne by 182 people.
The surname is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is held by 2,351 people, or 1 in 22,519. In Tanzania Sikawa is most common in: Arusha Region, where 81 percent live, Kilimanjaro Region, where 7 percent live and Manyara Region, where 5 percent live. Outside of Tanzania it exists in 11 countries. It is also common in Malawi, where 12 percent live and Kenya, where 8 percent live.
Sikawa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the last name is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Sikawa
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