Sikwese Surname

44,083rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11,785 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Sikwese Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sikwese Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi10,5871:1,617166
Zambia7021:22,5782,430
Tanzania4631:114,34510,994
England221:2,532,63991,802
South Africa61:9,029,617189,736
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Iceland11:380,09011,096
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

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

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sikweshe932/
Sikweese931/
Sikwesa8627/
Sikweze8619/
Sikwege861/
Sikwece861/
Sikwesi861/
Sekwese861/
Sikweche8034/
Sikwesha8022/
Sigweshe801/
Shikwesa801/
Shikwesha75355/
Sicwetshe751/
Sikweza71744/
Sikwezi71215/
Sikwaze7134/
Sigweje7113/
Sigwece718/
Sekwesi714/
Zikweze711/
Sikwize711/
Siquese711/
Sekwase711/
Chigwese6758/
Seqweshe674/
Segweshe673/
Siguesse672/
Sikwitsi672/
Segwesee671/
Sigwisse671/
Shikwiss671/
Shiquese671/
Chikwesi671/

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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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