Shilonde Surname

608,234th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 509 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Shilonde Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Shilonde Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania5081:104,21610,166
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989

Shilonde Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Shilonde Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Shilonde is found most in Tanzania. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Shilonde.

How Common Is The Last Name Shilonde? popularity and diffusion

It is the 608,234th most common last name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 14,317,379 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Shilonde live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

Shilonde is most commonly held in Tanzania, where it is held by 508 people, or 1 in 104,216. In Tanzania Shilonde is mostly concentrated in: Mbeya Region, where 53 percent are found, Songwe Region, where 47 percent are found and Iringa Region, where 0 percent are found. Without taking into account Tanzania this last name exists in one country. It is also found in Zambia, where 0 percent are found.

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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 Shilonde
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