Siyafana Surname

3,055,934th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 41 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Siyafana Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Siyafana Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe351:441,09338,294
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989

Siyafana (35) may also be a first name.

Siyafana Last Name Facts

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

Siyafana is borne by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Siyafana? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 3,055,934th most frequently used last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 177,745,022 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 90 percent of Siyafana live; 90 percent live in Southern Africa and 90 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,744,716th most widely held first name world-wide, held by 35 people.

The last name is most numerous in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 35 people, or 1 in 441,093. In Zimbabwe it is most frequent in: Manicaland Province, where 74 percent live, Harare Province, where 23 percent live and Bulawayo Province, where 3 percent live. Barring Zimbabwe it is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 10 percent live and South Africa, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Saifana805/
Saufana803/
Saefani6774/
Saifani6771/
Seifane6725/
Soufana676/
Seifani675/
Sayfani675/
Seafani672/
Saifane672/
Saufani672/
Seafane672/
Seyfany670/
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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 Siyafana
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