Sitongo Surname
Approximately 146 people bear this surname
Sitongo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 141 | 1:112,411 | 8,739 |
| Namibia | 2 | 1:1,204,700 | 16,113 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Sitongo (534) may also be a first name.
Sitongo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sitongo Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sitongo occurs in Zambia more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sitongo? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,459,453rd most commonly used surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 49,914,698 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Sitongo live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 364,930th most widely held forename throughout the world, held by 534 people.
This last name is most commonly used in Zambia, where it is borne by 141 people, or 1 in 112,411. In Zambia Sitongo is most prevalent in: Western Province, where 99 percent reside and Southern Province, where 1 percent reside. Outside of Zambia Sitongo is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Namibia, where 1 percent reside and Burkina Faso, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Sitongo
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