Sikaya Surname
Approximately 150 people bear this surname
Sikaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 101 | 1:156,930 | 11,128 |
| India | 23 | 1:33,350,669 | 396,143 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Sikaya (52) may also be a first name.
Sikaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sikaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sikaya (Marathi: िसकया, Oriya: ଶିକୟା, Russian: Сикая) is carried by more people in Zambia than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sikaya? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,434,893rd most commonly held family name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 48,583,639 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 85 percent of Sikaya live; 69 percent live in Southern Africa and 69 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Sikaya is also the 1,381,723rd most prevalent forename internationally It is held by 52 people.
The last name is most commonly held in Zambia, where it is carried by 101 people, or 1 in 156,930. In Zambia Sikaya is most frequent in: Southern Province, where 90 percent live, Lusaka Province, where 8 percent live and Central Province, where 1 percent live. Barring Zambia this surname occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in India, where 15 percent live and The DR Congo, where 14 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sikaya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sikaya in the Oriya language | ||
| ଶିକୟା | sikaya | - |
| Sikaya in the Marathi language | ||
| िसकया | isakaya | 66.67 |
| िशकाया | isakaya | 33.33 |
| Sikaya in the Russian language | ||
| Сикая | sikaa | - |
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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 Sikaya
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