Sisikwa Surname

1,604,449th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 126 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Sisikwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Sisikwa Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania1251:423,53329,670
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Sisikwa Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Sisikwa Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Sisikwa occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sisikwa? popularity and diffusion

Sisikwa is the 1,604,449th most widespread last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 57,837,666 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Sisikwa reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 99 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.

The last name is most frequently used in Tanzania, where it is borne by 125 people, or 1 in 423,533. In Tanzania Sisikwa is primarily found in: Mara Region, where 98 percent live. Apart from Tanzania this last name is found in one country. It is also found in South Africa, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gisikwa861/
Jisikwa861/
Sisikwe861/
Shisekwa801/
Sishingwa7521/
Seatsikwa751/
Chisikwah751/
Shishigwa751/
Sesikwe7146/
Sisigua7110/
Zesikwa711/
Gisigwa711/
Chesikwa6714/
Sissiqua671/
Chigikwa671/
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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 Sisikwa
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