Silau Surname
Approximately 1,957 people bear this surname
Silau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 875 | 1:60,505 | 6,490 |
| Kenya | 571 | 1:80,875 | 7,459 |
| Papua New Guinea | 283 | 1:28,812 | 3,279 |
| Indonesia | 101 | 1:1,309,398 | 90,991 |
| Malaysia | 44 | 1:670,323 | 31,889 |
| South Africa | 31 | 1:1,747,668 | 84,236 |
| Brazil | 30 | 1:7,135,811 | 166,009 |
| Denmark | 9 | 1:627,191 | 36,734 |
| India | 8 | 1:95,883,173 | 728,828 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Silau (644) may also be a first name.
Silau Demographics
Silau Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Silau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Silau Come From? nationality or country of origin
Silau (Hindi: सिलऊ, Marathi: िसलाऊ, Oriya: ସିଲାଉ) occurs in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Silau? popularity and diffusion
It is the 210,850th most numerous family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 3,723,835 people. The last name Silau is primarily found in Africa, where 76 percent of Silau are found; 74 percent are found in East Africa and 45 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Silau is also the 327,600th most frequently occurring given name at a global level. It is borne by 644 people.
This surname is most prevalent in Tanzania, where it is borne by 875 people, or 1 in 60,505. In Tanzania Silau is mostly found in: Dodoma Region, where 66 percent reside, Morogoro Region, where 21 percent reside and Manyara Region, where 12 percent reside. Not including Tanzania Silau is found in 13 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 29 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 14 percent reside.
Silau Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Silau earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 71.23% less than the national average, earning R 68,376 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Silau Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Silau in the Oriya language | ||
| ସିଲାଉ | sila'u | - |
| Silau in the Hindi language | ||
| सिलऊ | sila'u | 63.64 |
| सिलउ | sila'u | 18.18 |
| सिलौ | silau | 9.09 |
| सिलाऊ | sila'u | 9.09 |
| Silau in the Marathi language | ||
| िसलाऊ | isala'u | 50 |
| िसलऊ | isala'u | 50 |
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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 Silau
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