Sitayo Surname
Approximately 329 people bear this surname
Sitayo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 316 | 1:167,537 | 14,797 |
| Kenya | 10 | 1:4,617,990 | 42,693 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
Sitayo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sitayo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sitayo is found in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. For other possible spellings of Sitayo click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sitayo? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 837,371st most frequently used last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 22,150,595 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Sitayo live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 96 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
It is most frequently occurring in Tanzania, where it is borne by 316 people, or 1 in 167,537. In Tanzania it is most common in: Arusha Region, where 70 percent are found, Dar es Salaam Region, where 17 percent are found and Kilimanjaro Region, where 10 percent are found. Other than Tanzania this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 3 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Sitayo
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