Silab Surname
Approximately 1,169 people bear this surname
Silab Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 630 | 1:209,919 | 19,741 |
| Philippines | 461 | 1:219,606 | 34,026 |
| India | 51 | 1:15,040,498 | 247,985 |
| Afghanistan | 6 | 1:5,358,864 | 25,178 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
Silab (1,037) may also be a first name.
Silab Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Silab Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Silab (Hindi: सिलाब, Oriya: ସିଲବ) is found most frequently in Indonesia. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Silab? popularity and diffusion
Silab is the 319,816th most commonly occurring family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 6,234,000 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 98 percent of Silab are found; 93 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 54 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Silab is also the 249,034th most common first name on earth, borne by 1,037 people.
The last name is most numerous in Indonesia, where it is borne by 630 people, or 1 in 209,919. In Indonesia it is most prevalent in: East Nusa Tenggara, where 97 percent live, South Sulawesi, where 2 percent live and North Sumatra, where 1 percent live. Barring Indonesia this last name exists in 13 countries. It is also found in The Philippines, where 39 percent live and India, where 4 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Silab Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Silab in the Hindi language | ||
| सिलाब | silaba | - |
| Silab in the Oriya language | ||
| ସିଲବ | silaba | 33.33 |
| ଶୀଳବ | silaba | 33.33 |
| ଶିଳବ | silaba | 33.33 |
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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 Silab
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