Sikiyi Surname
Approximately 143 people bear this surname
Sikiyi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 129 | 1:410,400 | 28,884 |
| Zimbabwe | 9 | 1:1,715,360 | 84,476 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Sikiyi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sikiyi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sikiyi has its highest incidence in Tanzania. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Sikiyi.
How Common Is The Last Name Sikiyi? popularity and diffusion
The last name Sikiyi is the 1,478,479th most widely held family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 50,961,860 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Sikiyi live; 90 percent live in East Africa and 90 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
Sikiyi is most prevalent in Tanzania, where it is carried by 129 people, or 1 in 410,400. In Tanzania Sikiyi is mostly concentrated in: Simiyu Region, where 100 percent live. Apart from Tanzania it is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 6 percent live and Malawi, where 3 percent live.
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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 Sikiyi
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