Shilima Surname
Approximately 354 people bear this surname
Shilima Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Namibia | 217 | 1:11,103 | 2,090 |
| Kenya | 90 | 1:513,110 | 25,838 |
| Zambia | 22 | 1:720,451 | 26,729 |
| Tanzania | 12 | 1:4,411,801 | 54,433 |
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
Shilima (137) may also be a first name.
Shilima Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shilima Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Shilima (Bengali: শিলিমা, Hindi: शीलिमा) is most common in Namibia. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Shilima.
How Common Is The Last Name Shilima? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 794,916th most commonly occurring family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 20,586,288 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Shilima are found; 68 percent are found in Southern Africa and 68 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 790,880th most frequently held given name internationally, borne by 137 people.
The surname Shilima is most commonly used in Namibia, where it is carried by 217 people, or 1 in 11,103. In Namibia Shilima is primarily found in: Kavango West Region, where 99 percent reside, Hardap Region, where 0 percent reside and Kavango East Region, where 0 percent reside. Apart from Namibia this surname exists in 8 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 25 percent reside and Zambia, where 6 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shilima Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shilima in the Bengali language | ||
| শিলিমা | silima | - |
| Shilima in the Hindi language | ||
| शीलिमा | silima | 88.46 |
| शिलिमा | silima | 11.54 |
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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 Shilima
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