Siphiwe Surname
Approximately 56 people bear this surname
Siphiwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 33 | 1:1,641,749 | 81,435 |
| Botswana | 17 | 1:128,643 | 18,229 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Siphiwe (88,243) may also be a first name.
Siphiwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Siphiwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Siphiwe is found most frequently in South Africa. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Siphiwe.
How Common Is The Last Name Siphiwe? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,580,327th most widely held surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 130,134,748 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 91 percent of Siphiwe reside; 91 percent reside in Southern Africa and 91 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 11,377th most widely held first name on earth, borne by 88,243 people.
Siphiwe is most prevalent in South Africa, where it is held by 33 people, or 1 in 1,641,749. In South Africa it is primarily concentrated in: Gauteng, where 48 percent are found, KwaZulu-Natal, where 24 percent are found and Mpumalanga, where 18 percent are found. Outside of South Africa this surname occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Botswana, where 30 percent are found and England, where 4 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Siphiewe | 93 | 1 | / |
| Sipiwe | 92 | 12 | / |
| Sephiwe | 86 | 8 | / |
| Siphiwa | 86 | 2 | / |
| Sifiwe | 77 | 617 | / |
| Sipuwe | 77 | 34 | / |
| Sipiwa | 77 | 12 | / |
| Sipawe | 77 | 6 | / |
| Sepiwe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Shipuwe | 71 | 105 | / |
| Sipouwe | 71 | 14 | / |
| Sipieva | 71 | 13 | / |
| Siphiva | 71 | 4 | / |
| Sephewe | 71 | 2 | / |
| Siepiwa | 71 | 2 | / |
| Sipeuwe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Siphebe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Soipibe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Schiphouwer | 67 | 141 | / |
| Schiphauwer | 67 | 47 | / |
| Shipieva | 67 | 46 | / |
| Schipawe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Saipieva | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sipew | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Siphiwe
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