Sisala Surname
Approximately 787 people bear this surname
Sisala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 373 | 1:42,493 | 4,164 |
| Thailand | 182 | 1:388,123 | 68,124 |
| India | 104 | 1:7,375,629 | 160,209 |
| Tanzania | 87 | 1:608,524 | 37,695 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Zimbabwe | 12 | 1:1,286,520 | 73,455 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Sisala (59) may also be a first name.
Sisala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sisala Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sisala (Hindi: सीसला, Marathi: िससला) is held by more people in Zambia than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sisala? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 436,213th most commonly used last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 9,259,906 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 63 percent of Sisala reside; 49 percent reside in Southern Africa and 49 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,282,666th most prevalent first name throughout the world It is held by 59 people.
The surname Sisala is most prevalent in Zambia, where it is carried by 373 people, or 1 in 42,493. In Zambia it is primarily found in: North-Western Province, where 38 percent reside, Copperbelt Province, where 35 percent reside and Lusaka Province, where 21 percent reside. Not including Zambia this last name exists in 11 countries. It also occurs in Thailand, where 23 percent reside and India, where 13 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sisala Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sisala in the Marathi language | ||
| िससला | isasala | 87.5 |
| सीसला | sisala | 12.5 |
| Sisala in the Hindi language | ||
| सीसला | sisala | 50 |
| सिसला | sisala | 50 |
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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
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- 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 Sisala
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