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 is more frequently found in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Shillah? popularity and diffusion
It is the 343,060th most frequently held surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 6,817,162 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Shillah are found; 99 percent are found in East Africa and 99 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 84,793rd most commonly held first name on earth, borne by 6,096 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Tanzania, where it is borne by 1,041 people, or 1 in 50,856. In Tanzania it is most numerous in: Singida Region, where 69 percent live, Dar es Salaam Region, where 9 percent live and Arusha Region, where 6 percent live. Apart from Tanzania Shillah exists in 7 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 1 percent live and Uganda, where 1 percent live.
Shillah Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Shillah has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Shillah surname declined 80 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Shillah Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is principally 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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