Siniga Surname

1,537,949th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 135 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Siniga Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Siniga Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania551:962,57544,906
Argentina251:1,709,73790,467
Nigeria131:13,626,366237,812
Turkey131:5,986,263116,031
India111:69,733,217610,955
Germany61:13,417,576340,600
Papua New Guinea51:1,630,743129,019
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Siñiga (83) & Síñiga (3) are calculated separately.

Siniga (172) may also be a first name.

Siniga Last Name Facts

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

The surname Siniga is most common in Tanzania. It can also be rendered as: Siñiga or Síñiga. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Siniga? popularity and diffusion

The surname Siniga is the 1,537,949th most commonly used family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 53,981,822 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 50 percent of Siniga reside; 41 percent reside in East Africa and 41 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Siniga is also the 696,764th most frequently used forename globally, borne by 172 people.

This surname is most commonly used in Tanzania, where it is held by 55 people, or 1 in 962,575. In Tanzania Siniga is mostly concentrated in: Dar es Salaam Region, where 100 percent live. Besides Tanzania this surname occurs in 11 countries. It is also common in Argentina, where 19 percent live and Nigeria, where 10 percent live.

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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 Siniga
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