Sinkhala Surname
Approximately 1,278 people bear this surname
Sinkhala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 1,255 | 1:13,641 | 2,125 |
| Zambia | 23 | 1:689,127 | 26,212 |
Sinkhala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sinkhala Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sinkhala occurs most in Malawi. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sinkhala? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 298,032nd most commonly held family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 5,702,305 people. The last name Sinkhala is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Sinkhala are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
The last name is most frequently used in Malawi, where it is held by 1,255 people, or 1 in 13,641. Other than Malawi Sinkhala occurs in one country. It is also common in Zambia, where 2 percent are found.
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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 Sinkhala
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