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 or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Shiliwa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,372,517th most widely held surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 112,116,091 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Shiliwa are found; 95 percent are found in Southern Africa and 95 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
The surname is most frequent in Zambia, where it is carried by 61 people, or 1 in 259,835. In Zambia Shiliwa is most frequent in: North-Western Province, where 72 percent live, Copperbelt Province, where 26 percent live and Luapula Province, where 2 percent live. Beside Zambia this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 3 percent live and Kenya, where 2 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 Shiliwa
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