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
Average Silau Salary in
South Africa
R 68,376
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Silau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Silau Come From? nationality or country of origin
Silau (Hindi: सिलऊ, Marathi: िसलाऊ, Oriya: ସିଲାଉ) has its highest incidence in Tanzania. It can also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Silau? popularity and diffusion
Silau is the 210,850th most numerous surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 3,723,835 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 76 percent of Silau reside; 74 percent reside in East Africa and 45 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 327,600th most frequently used first name worldwide, held by 644 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Tanzania, where it is held by 875 people, or 1 in 60,505. In Tanzania Silau is mostly concentrated in: Dodoma Region, where 66 percent live, Morogoro Region, where 21 percent live and Manyara Region, where 12 percent live. Outside of Tanzania this last name occurs in 13 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 29 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 14 percent live.
Silau Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Silau surname is chiefly 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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