Shilela Surname
Approximately 70 people bear this surname
Shilela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 29 | 1:1,346,182 | 51,611 |
| Zambia | 23 | 1:689,127 | 26,212 |
| England | 11 | 1:5,065,278 | 148,650 |
| Tanzania | 6 | 1:8,823,602 | 72,091 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Shilela (178) may also be a first name.
Shilela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shilela Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Shilela is borne by more people in Uganda than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Shilela? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,273,756th most widely held family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 104,107,799 people. The surname Shilela is mostly found in Africa, where 83 percent of Shilela are found; 50 percent are found in East Africa and 49 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Shilela is also the 683,417th most common first name throughout the world It is held by 178 people.
This last name is most frequent in Uganda, where it is borne by 29 people, or 1 in 1,346,182. In Uganda Shilela is primarily concentrated in: Bududa District, where 93 percent are found, Kampala District, where 3 percent are found and Manafwa District, where 3 percent are found. Without taking into account Uganda it is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Zambia, where 33 percent are found and England, where 16 percent are found.
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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 Shilela
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