Sikwembe Surname

3,485,539th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 32 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Sikwembe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sikwembe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe281:551,36643,741
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
England11:55,718,059489,080
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403

Sikwembe Last Name Facts

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

The last name Sikwembe is found most in Zimbabwe. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sikwembe? popularity and diffusion

The surname Sikwembe is the 3,485,539th most frequently held family name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 227,735,810 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Sikwembe live; 91 percent live in Southern Africa and 91 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The last name is most commonly occurring in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 28 people, or 1 in 551,366. In Zimbabwe it is mostly found in: Mashonaland East Province, where 64 percent are found, Midlands Province, where 32 percent are found and Harare Province, where 4 percent are found. Beside Zimbabwe Sikwembe exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Botswana, where 3 percent are found and England, where 3 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Shikwembe941/
Sikwambe881/
Sekwembe881/
Shikwambe822/
Sikwambi75240/
Sikwimba7545/
Sekwemba752/
Shikwambi71891/
Shekwimbe711/
Schikwambi671/
Djiguembe596/
Ssegwemba596/
Chiquembe591/
Chekwemboy563/

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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 Sikwembe
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