Sikwata Surname

731,961st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 396 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Zambia

Sikwata Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sikwata Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya1281:360,78021,015
South Africa1261:429,98236,940
Zambia831:190,96312,723
Zimbabwe531:291,28829,631
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Australia11:26,995,701270,794

Sikwata Last Name Facts

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

The last name Sikwata is carried by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sikwata? popularity and diffusion

The last name Sikwata is the 731,961st most commonly held family name on earth, held by around 1 in 18,402,894 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Sikwata live; 66 percent live in Southern Africa and 66 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The last name Sikwata is most frequently used in Kenya, where it is held by 128 people, or 1 in 360,780. In Kenya it is most prevalent in: Bungoma County, where 60 percent are found, Kakamega County, where 38 percent are found and Mombasa County, where 1 percent are found. Apart from Kenya this last name exists in 6 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 32 percent are found and Zambia, where 21 percent are found.

Sikwata Last Name Statistics demography

Sikwata earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 44.53% less than the national average, earning R 131,820 per year.

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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 Sikwata
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