Sikwele Surname

1,497,948th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 140 people bear this surname

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

Sikwele Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sikwele Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1161:467,04938,892
Zambia231:689,12726,212
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Sikwele (13) may also be a first name.

Sikwele Last Name Facts

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

The surname Sikwele is most common in South Africa. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Sikwele? popularity and diffusion

The last name Sikwele is the 1,497,948th most frequent surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 52,053,899 people. The last name Sikwele is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Sikwele live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Sikwele is also the 3,159,357th most commonly used first name in the world It is held by 13 people.

The surname Sikwele is most prevalent in South Africa, where it is borne by 116 people, or 1 in 467,049. In South Africa Sikwele is mostly concentrated in: Mpumalanga, where 33 percent live, Gauteng, where 22 percent live and Eastern Cape, where 20 percent live. Other than South Africa Sikwele is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Zambia, where 16 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 1 percent live.

Sikwele Last Name Statistics demography

Sikwele earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 80.32% less than the national average, earning R 46,764 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sikwehle9339/
Sikhwele933/
Shikwele933/
Sekwele861,260/
Sikwela86853/
Sikwale86366/
Sigwele86213/
Sikuele86144/
Siqwele8618/
Sicwele8611/
Sikweli867/
Zikwele863/
Shikwel861/
Sikwile861/
Sheikhwele821/
Sekgwele80388/
Sekhwele8022/
Shigwele8021/
Sigcwele8018/
Sikgwela807/
Shikwela803/
Sikwehla802/
Sikhweli801/
Sekwelea801/
Sickwell800/
Sekgwelea75333/
Shingwele75117/
Sekhwelea756/
Shaikwale755/
Sigwela71793/
Sikwila71304/
Sekwale71220/
Sekwela71193/
Segwele71165/
Sikwili71135/
Zicwele7189/
Sigbele7141/
Sikwali7127/
Sekwile7117/
Jigwele7113/
Sikwoli7111/
Chikwethle716/
Seqwele715/
Siquele713/
Sigwile712/
Siqwela712/
Sicwela712/
Siguele712/
Sigweli711/
Zigwele711/
Sigwale711/
Sigweil710/
Sekgwela67198/
Chigwele67190/
Shikwili674/
Zihcwele673/
Sekuhele672/
Sekgwale672/
Zigcwele672/
Sekwaile671/
Siquelet671/
Siquelle671/
Segwelea671/
Shekwell670/

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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 Sikwele
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