Shilim Surname
Approximately 27 people bear this surname
Shilim Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 16 | 1:11,071,422 | 210,388 |
| India | 8 | 1:95,883,173 | 728,828 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Shilim (40) may also be a first name.
Shilim Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shilim Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Shilim (Bengali: শিলিম, Marathi: िशलीम, Russian: Шилим) is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Shilim? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 3,798,600th most commonly held surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 269,909,108 people. The last name Shilim is primarily found in Africa, where 63 percent of Shilim reside; 59 percent reside in West Africa and 59 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Shilim is also the 1,614,485th most common first name world-wide It is held by 40 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 16 people, or 1 in 11,071,422. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Plateau, where 88 percent live, Benue, where 6 percent live and Nasarawa, where 6 percent live. Apart from Nigeria Shilim exists in 3 countries. It is also common in India, where 30 percent live and Russia, where 7 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shilim Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shilim in the Bengali language | ||
| শিলিম | silima | - |
| Shilim in the Marathi language | ||
| िशलीम | isalima | 60 |
| िशिलम | isilama | 20 |
| शीलीम | silima | 20 |
| Shilim in the Russian language | ||
| Шилим | silim | - |
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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 Shilim
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