Sishau Surname
Approximately 284 people bear this surname
Sishau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 281 | 1:56,405 | 5,176 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Sishau (209) may also be a first name.
Sishau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sishau Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sishau is more commonly found in Zambia than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Sishau.
How Common Is The Last Name Sishau? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 928,396th most commonly occurring family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 25,660,373 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Sishau reside; 99 percent reside in Southern Africa and 99 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Sishau is also the 625,736th most frequently held first name in the world. It is borne by 209 people.
Sishau is most frequent in Zambia, where it is held by 281 people, or 1 in 56,405. In Zambia it is most numerous in: Western Province, where 83 percent live, Southern Province, where 13 percent live and Lusaka Province, where 2 percent live. Other than Zambia this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Denmark, where 0 percent live and The United States, where 0 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 Sishau
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