Shilayi Surname
Approximately 348 people bear this surname
Shilayi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 280 | 1:263,856 | 24,810 |
| Iran | 42 | 1:1,828,155 | 67,506 |
| Zambia | 26 | 1:609,612 | 24,798 |
Shilayi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shilayi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Shilayi is found most frequently in The DR Congo. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shilayi? popularity and diffusion
It is the 804,502nd most prevalent surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 20,941,224 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 88 percent of Shilayi reside; 80 percent reside in Central Africa and 80 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.
Shilayi is most commonly held in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 280 people, or 1 in 263,856. Excluding The DR Congo Shilayi occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Iran, where 12 percent reside and Zambia, where 7 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
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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
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