Sikelang Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Sikelang Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sikelang Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea41:2,038,429140,827
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406

Sikelang Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Sikelang Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Sikelang is found most frequently in Papua New Guinea. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sikelang? popularity and diffusion

It is the 8,193,072nd most widely held family name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. It occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 80 percent of Sikelang reside; 80 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 80 percent reside in Papuan Oceania.

The surname Sikelang is most widespread in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 2,038,429. In Papua New Guinea it is mostly concentrated in: Manus, where 75 percent reside and Morobe, where 25 percent reside. Aside from Papua New Guinea this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in Cameroon, where 20 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
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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 Sikelang
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