Sinjala Surname
Approximately 114 people bear this surname
Sinjala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 85 | 1:186,470 | 12,510 |
| Namibia | 28 | 1:86,050 | 7,998 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Sinjala (11) may also be a first name.
Sinjala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sinjala Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sinjala occurs most in Zambia. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sinjala? popularity and diffusion
The last name Sinjala is the 1,710,039th most frequently occurring family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 63,925,841 people. Sinjala is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Sinjala reside; 99 percent reside in Southern Africa and 99 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Sinjala is also the 3,487,849th most numerous first name globally It is held by 11 people.
This surname is most commonly used in Zambia, where it is borne by 85 people, or 1 in 186,470. In Zambia Sinjala is mostly found in: Western Province, where 62 percent reside, Lusaka Province, where 31 percent reside and Central Province, where 6 percent reside. Excluding Zambia this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Namibia, where 25 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 1 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
- 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 Sinjala
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