Sikwembe Surname
Approximately 32 people bear this surname
Sikwembe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 28 | 1:551,366 | 43,741 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
Sikwembe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sikwembe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sikwembe is found most frequently in Zimbabwe. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Sikwembe click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sikwembe? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,485,539th most frequently occurring surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 227,735,810 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 94 percent of Sikwembe are found; 91 percent are found in Southern Africa and 91 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
The surname Sikwembe is most commonly held in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 28 people, or 1 in 551,366. In Zimbabwe it is primarily found in: Mashonaland East Province, where 64 percent reside, Midlands Province, where 32 percent reside and Harare Province, where 4 percent reside. Barring Zimbabwe this last name exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Botswana, where 3 percent reside and England, where 3 percent reside.
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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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