Shilinge Surname
Approximately 81 people bear this surname
Shilinge Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Namibia | 77 | 1:31,291 | 4,774 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Shilinge Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shilinge Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Shilinge is found in Namibia more than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Shilinge click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shilinge? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,091,648th most frequently held surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 89,969,703 people. The surname Shilinge occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Shilinge are found; 98 percent are found in Southern Africa and 98 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
It is most widely held in Namibia, where it is carried by 77 people, or 1 in 31,291. In Namibia it is mostly concentrated in: Omusati Region, where 69 percent live, Hardap Region, where 21 percent live and Erongo Region, where 5 percent live. Barring Namibia it occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 2 percent live and Ethiopia, where 1 percent live.
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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 Shilinge
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