Sikelo Surname
Approximately 4,009 people bear this surname
Sikelo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 3,790 | 1:4,517 | 628 |
| Zimbabwe | 133 | 1:116,077 | 15,782 |
| Zambia | 79 | 1:200,632 | 13,107 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Sikelo (149) may also be a first name.
Sikelo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sikelo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sikelo occurs most in Malawi. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Sikelo.
How Common Is The Last Name Sikelo? popularity and diffusion
Sikelo is the 115,211th most frequently held surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 1,817,796 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Sikelo reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Sikelo is also the 754,880th most commonly used given name at a global level It is held by 149 people.
The surname Sikelo is most numerous in Malawi, where it is held by 3,790 people, or 1 in 4,517. Excluding Malawi this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 3 percent reside and Zambia, where 2 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 Sikelo
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