Sikaye Surname
Approximately 14 people bear this surname
Sikaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 12 | 1:3,253,273 | 85,117 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Sikaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sikaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sikaye is carried by more people in Uganda than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sikaye? popularity and diffusion
The last name Sikaye is the 5,213,395th most commonly used surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 520,538,994 people. Sikaye occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Sikaye reside; 93 percent reside in East Africa and 86 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
The last name Sikaye is most commonly used in Uganda, where it is carried by 12 people, or 1 in 3,253,273. In Uganda it is primarily concentrated in: Mbale District, where 92 percent live and Gulu District, where 8 percent live. Besides Uganda Sikaye occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 7 percent live and Zambia, where 7 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 Sikaye
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