Silaka Surname
Approximately 251 people bear this surname
Silaka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 125 | 1:1,057,994 | 76,813 |
| India | 85 | 1:9,024,299 | 181,432 |
| South Africa | 15 | 1:3,611,847 | 123,156 |
| Niger | 11 | 1:1,744,729 | 34,351 |
| Papua New Guinea | 11 | 1:741,247 | 83,447 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Silaka (215) may also be a first name.
Silaka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Silaka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Silaka (Hindi: सीलका, Marathi: िसलका, Oriya: ସିଲକା) occurs in Indonesia more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Silaka? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,011,991st most frequently occurring family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 29,034,047 people. The last name Silaka is predominantly found in Asia, where 84 percent of Silaka reside; 50 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 50 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 616,131st most prevalent first name at a global level. It is borne by 215 people.
The surname Silaka is most widely held in Indonesia, where it is borne by 125 people, or 1 in 1,057,994. In Indonesia Silaka is mostly concentrated in: Maluku, where 86 percent are found, Central Sulawesi, where 11 percent are found and Gorontalo, where 2 percent are found. Excluding Indonesia this last name exists in 8 countries. It also occurs in India, where 34 percent are found and South Africa, where 6 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Silaka Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Silaka in the Marathi language | ||
| िसलका | isalaka | - |
| Silaka in the Oriya language | ||
| ସିଲକା | silaka | 82.76 |
| ଶିଲକା | silaka | 8.05 |
| ସିଲାକା | silaka | 4.6 |
| ସୀଲକା | silaka | 1.15 |
| ସିଳକା | silaka | 1.15 |
| ୱାଡକା | wadaka | 1.15 |
| ଶିଳକା | silaka | 1.15 |
| Silaka in the Hindi language | ||
| सीलका | silaka | 44.44 |
| सिलका | silaka | 44.44 |
| सीलाका | silaka | 11.11 |
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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 Silaka
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