Sinkaye Surname
Approximately 35 people bear this surname
Sinkaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 22 | 1:8,051,944 | 174,166 |
| Cameroon | 12 | 1:1,730,756 | 92,157 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
Sinkaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sinkaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sinkaye is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sinkaye? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 3,323,005th most frequently occurring family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 208,215,598 people. Sinkaye is primarily found in Africa, where 97 percent of Sinkaye live; 94 percent live in West Africa and 63 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
It is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is held by 22 people, or 1 in 8,051,944. In Nigeria Sinkaye is most numerous in: Kogi, where 50 percent live, Kwara, where 45 percent live and Lagos, where 5 percent live. Besides Nigeria it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 34 percent live and Iran, where 3 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 Sinkaye
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