Sitima Surname
Approximately 14,005 people bear this surname
Sitima Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 9,829 | 1:1,742 | 190 |
| Zambia | 1,643 | 1:9,647 | 1,130 |
| Zimbabwe | 1,040 | 1:14,844 | 2,076 |
| Kenya | 581 | 1:79,483 | 7,363 |
| Uganda | 377 | 1:103,552 | 10,312 |
| Tanzania | 171 | 1:309,600 | 23,673 |
| Namibia | 129 | 1:18,678 | 3,302 |
| Portugal | 75 | 1:138,910 | 6,177 |
| Indonesia | 67 | 1:1,973,869 | 124,197 |
| England | 21 | 1:2,653,241 | 94,788 |
| Cameroon | 12 | 1:1,730,756 | 92,157 |
| United States | 9 | 1:40,273,215 | 872,126 |
| India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
| Isle of Man | 6 | 1:14,304 | 3,169 |
| South Africa | 6 | 1:9,029,617 | 189,736 |
| Australia | 5 | 1:5,399,140 | 162,351 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
The alternate forms: Sítima (66) are calculated separately.
Sitima (885) may also be a first name.
Sitima Demographics
Sitima Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Sitima Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sitima Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sitima (Hindi: सितिमा, Oriya: ସିତିମା) occurs more in Malawi more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms: Sítima. For other possible spellings of Sitima click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sitima? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 37,597th most widely held last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 520,353 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Sitima are found; 90 percent are found in Southern Africa and 90 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 273,274th most numerous first name globally It is held by 885 people.
It is most frequent in Malawi, where it is carried by 9,829 people, or 1 in 1,742. Outside of Malawi this surname exists in 29 countries. It is also found in Zambia, where 12 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 7 percent live.
Sitima Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Sitima earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 70.26% less than the national average, earning $12,833 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sitima Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sitima in the Hindi language | ||
| सितिमा | sitima | 50 |
| सीतिमा | sitima | 25 |
| सितीमा | sitima | 25 |
| Sitima in the Oriya language | ||
| ସିତିମା | sitima | 41.67 |
| ସୀତିମା | sitima | 25 |
| ସିଟିମା | sitima | 16.67 |
| ସୀତୀମା | sitima | 8.33 |
| ସିତୀମା | sitima | 8.33 |
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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 Sitima
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