Sinjela Surname
Approximately 1,965 people bear this surname
Sinjela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 1,401 | 1:11,313 | 1,305 |
| Tanzania | 552 | 1:95,909 | 9,535 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
Sinjela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sinjela Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sinjela is borne by more people in Zambia than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sinjela? popularity and diffusion
The last name Sinjela is the 210,129th most frequent surname throughout the world, held by around 1 in 3,708,675 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Sinjela reside; 72 percent reside in Southern Africa and 72 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
The surname is most frequent in Zambia, where it is held by 1,401 people, or 1 in 11,313. In Zambia Sinjela is most common in: Northern Province, where 54 percent reside, Lusaka Province, where 20 percent reside and Muchinga Province, where 12 percent reside. Other than Zambia Sinjela exists in 7 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 28 percent reside and South Africa, where 0 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 Sinjela
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