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
Sikha Political Affiliation
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Sikha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sikha Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sikha (Bengali: শিখা, Hindi: सिखा, Marathi: सीखा, Oriya: ଶିଖା, Russian: Сиха, Tibetan: ཤི་ཁ་) occurs more in India more than any other country/territory. It may appear as:. For other potential spellings of Sikha click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sikha? popularity and diffusion
It is the 65,242nd most widely held family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 952,123 people. The last name Sikha occurs predominantly in Asia, where 99 percent of Sikha live; 95 percent live in South Asia and 75 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 11,884th most widely held given name at a global level, borne by 83,964 people.
The surname is most frequently used in India, where it is held by 5,247 people, or 1 in 146,191. In India Sikha is mostly concentrated in: Gujarat, where 34 percent live, Andhra Pradesh, where 24 percent live and Odisha, where 21 percent live. Without taking into account India this surname 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 last name are 13.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 60% being registered to vote for the 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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