Sikunga Surname

2,776,799th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 49 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Namibia
Highest density in:
Namibia

Sikunga Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sikunga Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Namibia341:70,8657,497
Zambia131:1,219,22530,856
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Sikunga (14) may also be a first name.

Sikunga Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Sikunga Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Sikunga is carried by more people in Namibia than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Sikunga? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,776,799th most frequent family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 148,725,427 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Sikunga live; 98 percent live in Southern Africa and 98 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Sikunga is also the 3,024,661st most frequent first name at a global level. It is borne by 14 people.

The last name Sikunga is most commonly used in Namibia, where it is carried by 34 people, or 1 in 70,865. In Namibia Sikunga is mostly concentrated in: Zambezi Region, where 76 percent live, Hardap Region, where 12 percent live and Kavango East Region, where 12 percent live. Excluding Namibia this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Zambia, where 27 percent live and Kenya, where 2 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 Sikunga
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