Silanka Surname

1,527,735th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 136 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Silanka Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Silanka Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya1281:360,78021,015
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
Tanzania41:13,235,40384,310

Silanka Last Name Facts

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

Silanka (Bengali: সিলঙ্কা, Oriya: ସିଲ) occurs most in Kenya. It may be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Silanka? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,527,735th most frequent family name globally It is held by around 1 in 53,584,896 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Silanka reside; 97 percent reside in East Africa and 90 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa.

The last name Silanka is most commonly used in Kenya, where it is held by 128 people, or 1 in 360,780. In Kenya Silanka is most numerous in: Kajiado County, where 96 percent reside, Machakos County, where 3 percent reside and Kwale County, where 1 percent reside. Apart from Kenya it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in India, where 3 percent reside and Tanzania, where 3 percent reside.

Silanka Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

Silanka Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Silanka in the Bengali language
সিলঙ্কাsilanka-
Silanka in the Oriya language
ସିଲsila-

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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 Silanka
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