Sikwe Surname

492,243rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 672 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Sikwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sikwe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa5441:99,59112,088
Kenya691:669,27429,584
Papua New Guinea231:354,50947,011
Zambia151:1,056,66130,252
Cameroon111:1,888,09798,267
Nigeria41:44,285,690437,567
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Sikwe (54) may also be a first name.

Sikwe Last Name Facts

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

Sikwe (Oriya: ସିେ) is found in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sikwe? popularity and diffusion

It is the 492,243rd most commonly occurring family name in the world, held by around 1 in 10,844,562 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Sikwe reside; 83 percent reside in Southern Africa and 83 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,350,955th most prevalent first name world-wide, borne by 54 people.

The surname Sikwe is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is borne by 544 people, or 1 in 99,591. In South Africa it is primarily concentrated in: North West, where 52 percent live, Gauteng, where 22 percent live and Northern Cape, where 12 percent live. Not including South Africa this last name exists in 10 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 10 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 3 percent live.

Sikwe Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Sikwe last name is primarily Christian (67%) in Kenya.

Sikwe earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 41.84% less than the national average, earning R 138,204 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Shikwe91293/
Sikhwe912/
Siekwe912/
Sidkwe911/
Sikewei833/
Shikwea831/
Siekhwe831/
Sikwa801,690/
Sekwe80280/
Sicwe8070/
Zikwe8039/
Sigwe8020/
Sikew8014/
Jikwe8011/
Sikue809/
Sikwi802/
Cikwe801/
Shikw801/
Ssekwe73291/
Saikwa73153/
Sikuea7393/
Sikwai7382/
Shikwa7369/
Sekgwe7349/
Suikwa7322/
Seakwe7320/
Soikwa7312/
Shikwi7311/
Sekwei7311/
Sikewi738/
Djikwe732/
Shigwe732/
Sigcwe732/
Siekue732/
Sekwet731/
Shikue731/
Sikwui731/
Sigwie731/
Sikuie731/
Ssigwe731/
Gikwed731/
Sekweu731/
Scikwa731/
Saikew731/
Saikue731/
Sikuer731/
Seukwe731/
Sidkue731/
Sigwee731/
Jikwea731/
Cihkwe731/
Saikuea67268/
Seakgwe67127/
Chikwee67125/
Sikhwai67114/
Chikwei6732/
Saykwee6715/
Seakhwe6712/
Jaikwee6710/
Chickwe676/
Saikwha675/
Saingwe672/
Chikwea672/
Sigweth672/
Shickwa671/
Shikwai671/
Sikwa'a671/
Seankwe671/
Saikhew671/
Shiogwe671/
Chikwez671/
Shaikwa671/
Seingwe671/
Dzikwei671/
Chikcwe671/
Seigwei671/

Sikwe Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sikwe in the Oriya language
ସିେsie-

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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 Sikwe
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