Shillah Surname
Approximately 1,069 people bear this surname
Shillah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 1,041 | 1:50,856 | 5,650 |
| Kenya | 9 | 1:5,131,100 | 45,516 |
| Uganda | 8 | 1:4,879,910 | 106,546 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| Romania | 4 | 1:5,019,468 | 62,922 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
Shillah (6,096) may also be a first name.
Shillah Demographics
Shillah Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Shillah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shillah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Shillah has its highest incidence in Tanzania. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Shillah? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 343,060th most frequently held surname in the world, held by around 1 in 6,817,162 people. Shillah occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Shillah live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 99 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 84,793rd most widespread first name at a global level, held by 6,096 people.
The surname Shillah is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is held by 1,041 people, or 1 in 50,856. In Tanzania Shillah is most prevalent in: Singida Region, where 69 percent reside, Dar es Salaam Region, where 9 percent reside and Arusha Region, where 6 percent reside. Apart from Tanzania this last name exists in 7 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 1 percent reside and Uganda, where 1 percent reside.
Shillah Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Shillah has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Shillah last name fell 80 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Shillah Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Shillah surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Shillah
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