Sikhu Surname
Approximately 126 people bear this surname
Sikhu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 102 | 1:531,154 | 42,340 |
| India | 10 | 1:76,706,538 | 639,611 |
| Pakistan | 8 | 1:22,330,486 | 77,733 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Sikhu (287) may also be a first name.
Sikhu Demographics
Average Sikhu Salary in
South Africa
R 79,212
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Sikhu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sikhu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sikhu (Hindi: सीखू, Marathi: िसखु, Oriya: ଶିଖୁ) is more frequently found in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Sikhu click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sikhu? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,604,449th most frequent family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 57,837,666 people. Sikhu is primarily found in Africa, where 85 percent of Sikhu live; 81 percent live in Southern Africa and 81 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Sikhu is also the 522,011th most common first name worldwide, borne by 287 people.
This surname is most widely held in South Africa, where it is borne by 102 people, or 1 in 531,154. In South Africa it is most common in: Gauteng, where 57 percent live, Limpopo, where 36 percent live and North West, where 3 percent live. Excluding South Africa Sikhu is found in 5 countries. It is also found in India, where 8 percent live and Pakistan, where 6 percent live.
Sikhu Last Name Statistics demography
Sikhu earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 66.67% less than the national average, earning R 79,212 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sikhu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sikhu in the Oriya language | ||
| ଶିଖୁ | sikhu | - |
| Sikhu in the Marathi language | ||
| िसखु | isakhu | 87.5 |
| सीखु | sikhu | 12.5 |
| Sikhu in the Hindi language | ||
| सीखू | sikhu | 42.86 |
| सिखू | sikhu | 28.57 |
| सिखु | sikhu | 14.29 |
| सीखु | sikhu | 9.52 |
| सिकहू | sikahu | 4.76 |
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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 Sikhu
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