Sixpence Surname

29,233rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 18,358 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mozambique
Highest density in:
Mozambique

Sixpence Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sixpence Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mozambique15,4501:1,765422
Zimbabwe2,4261:6,364684
Malawi2881:59,4418,056
Botswana941:23,2654,701
South Africa901:601,97445,802
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
England21:27,859,030389,889
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Sixpence (285) may also be a first name.

Sixpence Last Name Facts

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

The last name Sixpence is found most frequently in Mozambique. It may appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Sixpence? popularity and diffusion

The surname Sixpence is the 29,233rd most widespread surname in the world, held by around 1 in 396,968 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Sixpence reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 84 percent reside in Luso-Southern Africa. Sixpence is also the 524,196th most frequently occurring forename throughout the world It is held by 285 people.

The last name is most common in Mozambique, where it is carried by 15,450 people, or 1 in 1,765. Not including Mozambique this last name exists in 12 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 13 percent reside and Malawi, where 2 percent reside.

Sixpence Last Name Statistics demography

Sixpence earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 58.83% more than the national average, earning R 377,448 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Six Pence943/
Sixpences941/
Sixpenze889/
Sixpenxe881/
Sispenci757/
Sixpenzi751/
Sispenzi631/
Sikspens631/
Sikisipensi531/

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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 Sixpence
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