Shilemba Surname
Approximately 398 people bear this surname
Shilemba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Namibia | 357 | 1:6,749 | 1,315 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Tanzania | 12 | 1:4,411,801 | 54,433 |
| South Africa | 7 | 1:7,739,672 | 177,858 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Shilemba (13) may also be a first name.
Shilemba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shilemba Come From? nationality or country of origin
Shilemba (Russian: Шилемба) is carried by more people in Namibia than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shilemba? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 728,955th most commonly used family name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 18,310,417 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Shilemba reside; 91 percent reside in Southern Africa and 91 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,159,357th most frequently used first name worldwide. It is borne by 13 people.
This surname is most numerous in Namibia, where it is carried by 357 people, or 1 in 6,749. In Namibia it is most numerous in: Oshikoto Region, where 69 percent reside, Khomas Region, where 16 percent reside and Oshana Region, where 11 percent reside. Excluding Namibia it is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 5 percent reside and Tanzania, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shilemba Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shilemba in the Russian language | ||
| Шилемба | silemba | - |
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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 Shilemba
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