Shiluwa Surname
Approximately 763 people bear this surname
Shiluwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Namibia | 746 | 1:3,230 | 550 |
| Nigeria | 8 | 1:22,142,845 | 310,552 |
| South Africa | 5 | 1:10,835,541 | 204,227 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
Shiluwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shiluwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Shiluwa is held by more people in Namibia than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shiluwa? popularity and diffusion
Shiluwa is the 446,740th most frequently occurring family name in the world, held by around 1 in 9,551,174 people. The last name Shiluwa occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Shiluwa reside; 98 percent reside in Southern Africa and 98 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Namibia, where it is held by 746 people, or 1 in 3,230. In Namibia it is primarily concentrated in: Ohangwena Region, where 61 percent live, Omusati Region, where 19 percent live and Khomas Region, where 7 percent live. Barring Namibia this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 1 percent live and South Africa, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shiluwah | 93 | 1 | / |
| Shiluwaa | 93 | 1 | / |
| Siluwa | 92 | 2 | / |
| Shiluwaha | 88 | 1 | / |
| Shiluwe | 86 | 506 | / |
| Chiluwa | 86 | 280 | / |
| Shiliwa | 86 | 65 | / |
| Siluwat | 86 | 59 | / |
| Shuluwa | 86 | 22 | / |
| Sheluwa | 86 | 21 | / |
| Shiluba | 86 | 8 | / |
| Shiluwi | 86 | 3 | / |
| Shiluva | 86 | 2 | / |
| Chileuwa | 80 | 58 | / |
| Chilouwa | 80 | 4 | / |
| Seluwa | 77 | 1,939 | / |
| Siluwe | 77 | 341 | / |
| Suluwa | 77 | 85 | / |
| Siluba | 77 | 74 | / |
| Siliwa | 77 | 69 | / |
| Siluva | 77 | 11 | / |
| Siluwo | 77 | 2 | / |
| Shilubhai | 75 | 9 | / |
| Chiluwe | 71 | 431 | / |
| Siloway | 71 | 208 | / |
| Siluvai | 71 | 60 | / |
| Shilowe | 71 | 38 | / |
| Soiluva | 71 | 30 | / |
| Sailuba | 71 | 28 | / |
| Silowai | 71 | 25 | / |
| Cheluwa | 71 | 17 | / |
| Silubai | 71 | 11 | / |
| Chiluva | 71 | 7 | / |
| Shiliva | 71 | 6 | / |
| Siliwau | 71 | 4 | / |
| Shailubhai | 71 | 4 | / |
| Sulluwa | 71 | 2 | / |
| Ciluwat | 71 | 1 | / |
| Suluwai | 71 | 1 | / |
| Shilubi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Silyueva | 67 | 15 | / |
| Sailouba | 67 | 12 | / |
| Seilouba | 67 | 9 | / |
| Shelubay | 67 | 4 | / |
| Shulueva | 67 | 3 | / |
| Shelubai | 67 | 2 | / |
| Shelueva | 67 | 2 | / |
| Shiloova | 67 | 1 | / |
| Silubhai | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Shiluwa
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