Shiliwa Surname
Approximately 65 people bear this surname
Shiliwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 61 | 1:259,835 | 15,508 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
Shiliwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shiliwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Shiliwa is found in Zambia more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Shiliwa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,372,517th most frequent last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 112,116,091 people. Shiliwa occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Shiliwa live; 95 percent live in Southern Africa and 95 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The last name is most prevalent in Zambia, where it is held by 61 people, or 1 in 259,835. In Zambia it is mostly concentrated in: North-Western Province, where 72 percent reside, Copperbelt Province, where 26 percent reside and Luapula Province, where 2 percent reside. Outside of Zambia Shiliwa is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 3 percent reside and Kenya, where 2 percent reside.
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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 Shiliwa
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