Sitembeya Surname
Approximately 70 people bear this surname
Sitembeya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 62 | 1:255,644 | 15,337 |
| Zimbabwe | 8 | 1:1,929,780 | 92,581 |
Sitembeya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sitembeya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sitembeya occurs more in Zambia more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sitembeya? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,273,756th most commonly occurring surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 104,107,799 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Sitembeya are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
The surname is most commonly held in Zambia, where it is borne by 62 people, or 1 in 255,644. In Zambia it is most numerous in: Copperbelt Province, where 65 percent are found, Lusaka Province, where 31 percent are found and Central Province, where 3 percent are found. Besides Zambia this surname is found in one country. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 11 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shitembeya | 95 | 7 | / |
| Chitembeya | 84 | 2,746 | / |
| Sitembeu | 82 | 1 | / |
| Setembey | 82 | 1 | / |
| Shimbeya | 82 | 1 | / |
| Sitimbaya | 78 | 2 | / |
| Shembey | 75 | 3 | / |
| Seambea | 75 | 0 | / |
| Chitembeja | 74 | 169 | / |
| Chetembeya | 74 | 4 | / |
| Chitembaya | 74 | 4 | / |
| Shitambaya | 74 | 1 | / |
| Chitembiya | 74 | 1 | / |
| Shimbiya | 71 | 129 | / |
| Shimbaya | 71 | 21 | / |
| Sisembay | 71 | 15 | / |
| Shimbuya | 71 | 12 | / |
| Shembeyi | 71 | 2 | / |
| Shimbeja | 71 | 2 | / |
| Sisembai | 71 | 2 | / |
| Sisimbea | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sitambeu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Setembay | 71 | 1 | / |
| Setembai | 71 | 1 | / |
| Shembeyu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sisenbey | 71 | 0 | / |
| Seisembai | 67 | 2 | / |
| Seisembay | 67 | 1 | / |
| Systembau | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shembyiah | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Sitembeya
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