Sisira Surname
Approximately 1,898 people bear this surname
Sisira Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sri Lanka | 1,827 | 1:11,389 | 1,622 |
| Papua New Guinea | 40 | 1:203,843 | 28,184 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Sisira (30,373) may also be a first name.
Sisira Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sisira Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sisira (Oriya: ଶିଶିର) is more commonly found in Sri Lanka than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Sisira.
How Common Is The Last Name Sisira? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 216,252nd most common surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 3,839,592 people. The last name is primarily found in Asia, where 98 percent of Sisira live; 96 percent live in South Asia and 96 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 27,635th most commonly used forename throughout the world, borne by 30,373 people.
It is most frequently occurring in Sri Lanka, where it is carried by 1,827 people, or 1 in 11,389. Without taking into account Sri Lanka Sisira is found in 15 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 2 percent live and Qatar, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sisira Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sisira in the Oriya language | ||
| ଶିଶିର | sisira | 75.68 |
| ଶିଶିରା | sisira | 16.22 |
| ଶିଶୀର | sisira | 1.04 |
| ସିସିର | sisira | 0.83 |
| ଶିଶିରର | sisirara | 0.83 |
| ସିସିରା | sisira | 0.62 |
| ଶଶିର | sasira | 0.42 |
| ଶିଶିରକା | sisiraka | 0.42 |
| ଶିସିରା | sisira | 0.42 |
| ଶିସିର | sisira | 0.42 |
| ଶିଶିକ | sisika | 0.21 |
| ଶିଶିରଚ | sisiraca | 0.21 |
| ସମିର | samira | 0.21 |
| ଶୀଶିର | sisira | 0.21 |
| ସିଶିରା | sisira | 0.21 |
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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 Sisira
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