Sikha Surname
Approximately 7,654 people bear this surname
Sikha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 5,247 | 1:146,191 | 9,274 |
| Bangladesh | 1,532 | 1:104,019 | 4,444 |
| Nepal | 526 | 1:54,146 | 1,561 |
| Thailand | 225 | 1:313,948 | 54,096 |
| Tanzania | 66 | 1:802,146 | 42,626 |
| United States | 23 | 1:15,759,084 | 542,937 |
| Indonesia | 6 | 1:22,041,532 | 555,748 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| Finland | 3 | 1:1,832,234 | 57,803 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 1:59,547,962 | 132,569 |
| Cambodia | 2 | 1:7,743,573 | 11,959 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
Sikha (83,964) may also be a first name.
Sikha Demographics
Average Sikha Salary in
United States
$44,688 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Sikha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sikha Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sikha (Bengali: শিখা, Hindi: सिखा, Marathi: सीखा, Oriya: ଶିଖା, Russian: Сиха, Tibetan: ཤི་ཁ་) is found in India more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sikha? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 65,242nd most numerous last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 952,123 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 99 percent of Sikha are found; 95 percent are found in South Asia and 75 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 11,884th most frequently used first name world-wide, held by 83,964 people.
The last name Sikha is most commonly occurring in India, where it is borne by 5,247 people, or 1 in 146,191. In India Sikha is primarily found in: Gujarat, where 34 percent live, Andhra Pradesh, where 24 percent live and Odisha, where 21 percent live. Other than India this last name exists in 22 countries. It also occurs in Bangladesh, where 20 percent live and Nepal, where 7 percent live.
Sikha Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Sikha surname are 13.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 60% registered with the political party.
Sikha earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 3.57% more than the national average, earning $44,688 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sikha Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sikha in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཤི་ཁ་ | shikha | - |
| Sikha in the Bengali language | ||
| শিখা | sikha | 93.48 |
| শিখারানী | sikharani | 2.17 |
| সিখা | sikha | 1.63 |
| শিক্ষা | siksa | 1.09 |
| সীখা | sikha | 0.82 |
| শীখা | sikha | 0.27 |
| Sikha in the Oriya language | ||
| ଶିଖା | sikha | 82.22 |
| ସିଖା | sikha | 10.52 |
| ଶୀଖା | sikha | 2.61 |
| ସୀଖା | sikha | 1.28 |
| ଶିଖ | sikha | 1.1 |
| ଶିକ୍ଷା | siksa | 0.23 |
| ସିଖ | sikha | 0.17 |
| ସିକା | sika | 0.17 |
| େରଖା | erakha | 0.06 |
| ଶିଖ | sikha | 0.06 |
| Sikha in the Hindi language | ||
| सिखा | sikha | 71.61 |
| सीखा | sikha | 23.52 |
| शिखा | sikha | 4.66 |
| सखिा | sakhia | 0.04 |
| सीबा | siba | 0.04 |
| शिख | sikha | 0.04 |
| शिक्षा | siksa | 0.04 |
| Sikha in the Marathi language | ||
| सीखा | sikha | 20 |
| सािख | saikha | 20 |
| शेख | sekha | 10 |
| सीखाान | sikhaana | 10 |
| पािखरा | paikhara | 10 |
| िहमा | ihama | 10 |
| शेखर | sekhara | 10 |
| सोखबा | sokhaba | 10 |
| Sikha in the Russian language | ||
| Сиха | siha | - |
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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 Sikha
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