Sitiwe Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Sitiwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sitiwe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa61:9,029,617189,736
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Sitiwe (195) may also be a first name.

Sitiwe Last Name Facts

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

Sitiwe occurs in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sitiwe? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 6,723,624th most commonly used surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Sitiwe live; 88 percent live in Southern Africa and 88 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Sitiwe is also the 649,894th most frequent first name in the world, borne by 195 people.

It is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is carried by 6 people, or 1 in 9,029,617. In South Africa Sitiwe is primarily found in: Eastern Cape, where 67 percent live, KwaZulu-Natal, where 17 percent live and Mpumalanga, where 17 percent live. Aside from South Africa it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 13 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 13 percent live.

Sitiwe Last Name Statistics demography

Sitiwe earn notably less less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 23.23% less than the national average, earning R 182,436 per year.

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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 Sitiwe
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