Sitafu Surname

3,730,171st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 28 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Zambia

Sitafu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sitafu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa201:2,708,885106,094
Zambia71:2,264,27533,397
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Sitafu (14) may also be a first name.

Sitafu Last Name Facts

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

The surname Sitafu is more frequently found in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sitafu? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 3,730,171st most widely held last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 260,269,497 people. Sitafu is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Sitafu are found; 96 percent are found in Southern Africa and 96 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Sitafu is also the 3,024,661st most frequently used first name globally It is held by 14 people.

Sitafu is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is carried by 20 people, or 1 in 2,708,885. In South Africa it is mostly found in: Free State, where 45 percent are found, Western Cape, where 45 percent are found and Eastern Cape, where 5 percent are found. Other than South Africa this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Zambia, where 25 percent are found and Uganda, where 4 percent are found.

Sitafu Last Name Statistics demography

Sitafu earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 90.1% less than the national average, earning R 23,532 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sitaafu922/
Sitofu83107/
Sitefu8324/
Setafu831/
Chitafu77608/
Sithaphut679/
Chitofu62604/
Cittaphu571/
Sithophut532/
Chittaphu531/

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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 Sitafu
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