Sitwala Surname

76,493rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6,405 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Zambia

Sitwala Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sitwala Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zambia5,8491:2,710348
Namibia2151:11,2072,124
Thailand1831:386,00267,749
Zimbabwe541:285,89329,291
India471:16,320,540259,912
United States271:13,424,405494,117
Botswana221:99,40615,343
South Africa31:18,059,235248,362
England21:27,859,030389,889
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Norway11:5,142,286129,201

Sitwala (2,730) may also be a first name.

Sitwala Last Name Facts

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

Sitwala (Marathi: सीतवाला) occurs most in Zambia. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sitwala? popularity and diffusion

Sitwala is the 76,493rd most commonly held surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 1,137,790 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Sitwala are found; 96 percent are found in Southern Africa and 96 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Sitwala is also the 139,965th most numerous first name internationally. It is borne by 2,730 people.

The last name is most frequent in Zambia, where it is carried by 5,849 people, or 1 in 2,710. In Zambia it is primarily concentrated in: Western Province, where 55 percent live, Lusaka Province, where 16 percent live and Southern Province, where 15 percent live. Barring Zambia this last name is found in 11 countries. It is also found in Namibia, where 3 percent live and Thailand, where 3 percent live.

Sitwala Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Sitwala last name are 19.9% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 66.67% being registered with the political party.

Sitwala earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 12.86% more than the national average, earning $48,698 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Sitwala Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sitwala in the Marathi language
सीतवालाsitavala-

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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
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  • 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 Sitwala
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