Sikwese Surname
Approximately 11,785 people bear this surname
Sikwese Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 10,587 | 1:1,617 | 166 |
| Zambia | 702 | 1:22,578 | 2,430 |
| Tanzania | 463 | 1:114,345 | 10,994 |
| England | 22 | 1:2,532,639 | 91,802 |
| South Africa | 6 | 1:9,029,617 | 189,736 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Sikwese Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sikwese Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sikwese is held by more people in Malawi than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sikwese? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 44,083rd most widespread family name in the world, borne by around 1 in 618,375 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Sikwese live; 96 percent live in Southern Africa and 96 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
This last name is most frequently held in Malawi, where it is borne by 10,587 people, or 1 in 1,617. Not including Malawi it exists in 9 countries. It is also common in Zambia, where 6 percent live and Tanzania, where 4 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sikweshe | 93 | 2 | / |
| Sikweese | 93 | 1 | / |
| Sikwesa | 86 | 27 | / |
| Sikweze | 86 | 19 | / |
| Sikwege | 86 | 1 | / |
| Sikwece | 86 | 1 | / |
| Sikwesi | 86 | 1 | / |
| Sekwese | 86 | 1 | / |
| Sikweche | 80 | 34 | / |
| Sikwesha | 80 | 22 | / |
| Sigweshe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Shikwesa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Shikwesha | 75 | 355 | / |
| Sicwetshe | 75 | 1 | / |
| Sikweza | 71 | 744 | / |
| Sikwezi | 71 | 215 | / |
| Sikwaze | 71 | 34 | / |
| Sigweje | 71 | 13 | / |
| Sigwece | 71 | 8 | / |
| Sekwesi | 71 | 4 | / |
| Zikweze | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sikwize | 71 | 1 | / |
| Siquese | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sekwase | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chigwese | 67 | 58 | / |
| Seqweshe | 67 | 4 | / |
| Segweshe | 67 | 3 | / |
| Siguesse | 67 | 2 | / |
| Sikwitsi | 67 | 2 | / |
| Segwesee | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sigwisse | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shikwiss | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shiquese | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chikwesi | 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
- 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 Sikwese
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