Shilengwe Surname
Approximately 64 people bear this surname
Shilengwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 62 | 1:255,644 | 15,337 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Shilengwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shilengwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Shilengwe is carried by more people in Zambia than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shilengwe? popularity and diffusion
Shilengwe is the 2,394,033rd most frequently occurring last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 113,867,905 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Shilengwe are found; 98 percent are found in Southern Africa and 98 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
It is most frequent in Zambia, where it is borne by 62 people, or 1 in 255,644. In Zambia Shilengwe is mostly found in: Copperbelt Province, where 69 percent live and Lusaka Province, where 31 percent live. Barring Zambia it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 2 percent live and South Africa, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Silengwe | 94 | 4 | / |
| Chilengwe | 89 | 287 | / |
| Shilengwa | 89 | 9 | / |
| Shilengue | 89 | 1 | / |
| Chihlengwe | 84 | 20 | / |
| Selengwe | 82 | 2 | / |
| Chilengue | 78 | 30,382 | / |
| Chilingwe | 78 | 25 | / |
| Shilingwa | 78 | 4 | / |
| Siluingwe | 78 | 1 | / |
| Silegue | 75 | 1 | / |
| Shiling'wa | 74 | 5 | / |
| Selengbe | 71 | 1,534 | / |
| Selengue | 71 | 58 | / |
| Silingwa | 71 | 2 | / |
| Sillegue | 71 | 1 | / |
| Soilegue | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chilingue | 67 | 5 | / |
| Scilingue | 67 | 3 | / |
| Chelengue | 67 | 2 | / |
| Chilenque | 67 | 2 | / |
| Silekwi | 63 | 1 | / |
| Shilkwa | 63 | 1 | / |
| Selingue | 59 | 555 | / |
| Zelengbe | 59 | 4 | / |
| Zelengue | 59 | 2 | / |
| Selengbi | 59 | 1 | / |
| Silingua | 59 | 1 | / |
| Zilingue | 59 | 1 | / |
| Shailque | 59 | 1 | / |
| Shilguha | 59 | 1 | / |
| Silekway | 59 | 1 | / |
| Chelingue | 56 | 17 | / |
| Scilingua | 56 | 5 | / |
| Shelque | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Shilengwe
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