Silangwa Surname

680,882nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 437 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Zambia

Silangwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Silangwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zambia4101:38,6583,856
Uganda91:4,337,69899,715
South Africa71:7,739,672177,858
Kenya41:11,544,97562,419
Namibia41:602,35012,421
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716

Silangwa (59) may also be a first name.

Silangwa Last Name Facts

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

The last name Silangwa occurs more in Zambia more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Silangwa? popularity and diffusion

The last name Silangwa is the 680,882nd most commonly used surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 16,676,306 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Silangwa reside; 97 percent reside in Southern Africa and 97 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Silangwa is also the 1,282,666th most commonly used first name at a global level, borne by 59 people.

Silangwa is most commonly held in Zambia, where it is held by 410 people, or 1 in 38,658. In Zambia Silangwa is mostly found in: Southern Province, where 37 percent are found, Lusaka Province, where 21 percent are found and Western Province, where 14 percent are found. Outside of Zambia this last name exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 2 percent are found and South Africa, where 2 percent are found.

Silangwa Last Name Statistics demography

Silangwa earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 86.89% less than the national average, earning R 31,164 per year.

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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 Silangwa
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