Sikwaya Surname
Approximately 920 people bear this surname
Sikwaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Namibia | 892 | 1:2,701 | 439 |
| Zambia | 19 | 1:834,206 | 28,447 |
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Sikwaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sikwaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sikwaya is held by more people in Namibia than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Sikwaya.
How Common Is The Last Name Sikwaya? popularity and diffusion
The surname Sikwaya is the 386,017th most commonly occurring family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 7,921,246 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Sikwaya live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The surname Sikwaya is most frequently used in Namibia, where it is held by 892 people, or 1 in 2,701. In Namibia Sikwaya is primarily found in: Kavango West Region, where 92 percent reside, Oshikoto Region, where 4 percent reside and Kavango East Region, where 3 percent reside. Aside from Namibia it occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Zambia, where 2 percent reside and Nigeria, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shikwaya | 93 | 450 | / |
| Sikhwaya | 93 | 1 | / |
| Sikwuaya | 93 | 1 | / |
| Sikweya | 86 | 1,535 | / |
| Sikwayo | 86 | 111 | / |
| Sikwayi | 86 | 106 | / |
| Sikwiya | 86 | 5 | / |
| Siqwaya | 86 | 2 | / |
| Sikwayu | 86 | 2 | / |
| Sigwaya | 86 | 1 | / |
| Sikwaye | 86 | 1 | / |
| Sikwaja | 86 | 1 | / |
| Sikwa'a | 86 | 1 | / |
| Shikweya | 80 | 108 | / |
| Sikhwayi | 80 | 41 | / |
| Shekwaya | 80 | 1 | / |
| Shikwaye | 80 | 1 | / |
| Shinkway | 80 | 0 | / |
| Sikwai | 77 | 82 | / |
| Sigway | 77 | 33 | / |
| Sikwae | 77 | 3 | / |
| Zikway | 77 | 1 | / |
| Sikwau | 77 | 1 | / |
| Cikwayo | 71 | 417 | / |
| Sigwayi | 71 | 313 | / |
| Siqwayi | 71 | 272 | / |
| Sikhwai | 71 | 114 | / |
| Sekwayo | 71 | 76 | / |
| Jikwayo | 71 | 27 | / |
| Segwaya | 71 | 8 | / |
| Sicwayi | 71 | 6 | / |
| Sekwayi | 71 | 4 | / |
| Sikueya | 71 | 4 | / |
| Gikwayo | 71 | 3 | / |
| Sigwayo | 71 | 2 | / |
| Sikweyi | 71 | 2 | / |
| Jikwayi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sigwaja | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sigwaye | 71 | 1 | / |
| Shikwea | 71 | 1 | / |
| Shikwau | 71 | 1 | / |
| Shikwai | 71 | 1 | / |
| Cikweya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chikwayi | 67 | 436 | / |
| Ssegwaya | 67 | 53 | / |
| Shekwoya | 67 | 45 | / |
| Chigwaya | 67 | 38 | / |
| Shekwaye | 67 | 20 | / |
| Chikwayo | 67 | 11 | / |
| Chikwaja | 67 | 10 | / |
| Shekwayi | 67 | 7 | / |
| Shekwayo | 67 | 7 | / |
| Chickway | 67 | 3 | / |
| Sigcwayi | 67 | 2 | / |
| Sekhwayi | 67 | 2 | / |
| Syokwiya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ssekwiya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ssekwaja | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shikweyo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sikhweyi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Saikwoyi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chaikway | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Sikwaya
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