Shilonga Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Shilonga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
Shilonga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shilonga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Shilonga is found most in Tanzania. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Shilonga? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 7,117,718th most frequent surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Shilonga live; 57 percent live in East Africa and 57 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The surname Shilonga is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 13,235,403. In Tanzania it is most common in: Tanga Region, where 100 percent are found. Outside of Tanzania this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 29 percent are found and Namibia, where 14 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
- 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 Shilonga
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