Sihlabo Surname

4,206,983rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 22 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Sihlabo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sihlabo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe161:964,89061,721
South Africa41:13,544,426222,367
England21:27,859,030389,889

Sihlabo (20) may also be a first name.

Sihlabo Last Name Facts

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

Sihlabo is found in Zimbabwe more 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 Sihlabo? popularity and diffusion

It is the 4,206,983rd most numerous last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 331,252,087 people. The last name Sihlabo occurs predominantly in Africa, where 91 percent of Sihlabo live; 91 percent live in Southern Africa and 91 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Sihlabo is also the 2,446,817th most frequently held first name internationally, held by 20 people.

This surname is most frequent in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 16 people, or 1 in 964,890. In Zimbabwe it is most frequent in: Bulawayo Province, where 94 percent live and Matabeleland South Province, where 6 percent live. Outside of Zimbabwe it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 18 percent live and England, where 9 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Silabo92104/
Sehlabo861,902/
Sihlobo861,291/
Sihlaba86188/
Zihlabo8627/
Silaboy861/
Silabou861/
Siliabo861/
Silabos861/
Silaboot8015/
Silabout8010/
Chihlabo806/
Shilabod802/
Sithlobo801/
Shehlabo801/
Silaba77186/
Silobo7789/
Silawo7766/
Silebo7720/
Zilabo776/
Selabo775/
Jilabo774/
Silavo771/
Selabou71199/
Shilaba7181/
Sitlaba7178/
Sihlava7162/
Sehlaba7153/
Sislaba7151/
Zihlaba7127/
Selaboy7125/
Chilabo7121/
Sielawo7110/
Silampo718/
Silabah718/
Silabat717/
Silavos715/
Shilebo715/
Setlabo714/
Sislavo713/
Selyabo713/
Sailebo713/
Silabha712/
Silyavo712/
Silayvo711/
Gilabou711/
Djilabo711/
Sihlowa711/
Zihlobo711/
Sehlobo711/
Shelavo711/
Shelaba711/
Siliawo711/
Sailabat67515/
Chihlaba67169/
Shilobod6796/
Shelobod6760/
Zhelyabo6724/
Schelebo6720/
Sailavuo6716/
Silgavou6712/
Sislabas6710/
Djilabot675/
Shylobod671/
Sethlaba671/
Djilabou671/
Sielabeu671/
Silobods671/
Soilavuo671/
Sheilaba671/
Scilampo671/
Shilabat671/

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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 Sihlabo
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