Sikhoya Surname
Approximately 446 people bear this surname
Sikhoya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 307 | 1:127,164 | 11,840 |
| Kenya | 138 | 1:334,637 | 20,269 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Sikhoya (128) may also be a first name.
Sikhoya Demographics
Sikhoya Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Sikhoya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sikhoya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sikhoya is borne by more people in Uganda than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sikhoya? popularity and diffusion
The surname Sikhoya is the 670,508th most widespread surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 16,339,789 people. The last name Sikhoya occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Sikhoya live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 61 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 821,896th most commonly used given name on earth. It is borne by 128 people.
It is most commonly used in Uganda, where it is held by 307 people, or 1 in 127,164. In Uganda it is most common in: Manafwa District, where 85 percent are found, Kiryandongo District, where 4 percent are found and Mbale District, where 3 percent are found. Excluding Uganda Sikhoya is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 31 percent are found and South Africa, where 0 percent are found.
Sikhoya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Sikhoya
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