Silawal Surname

34,364th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 15,423 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nepal
Highest density in:
Nepal

Silawal Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Silawal Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nepal15,4151:1,848271
Malaysia41:7,373,556230,001
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Niger11:19,192,017110,060
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Silawal Last Name Facts

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

The surname Silawal (Hindi: सिलवाल) is held by more people in Nepal than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Silawal.

How Common Is The Last Name Silawal? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 34,364th most commonly occurring surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 472,512 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Silawal are found; 100 percent are found in South Asia and 100 percent are found in Indo-South Asia.

The surname is most numerous in Nepal, where it is carried by 15,415 people, or 1 in 1,848. In Nepal it is mostly found in: Bagmati, where 65 percent reside, Narayani, where 21 percent reside and Gandaki, where 4 percent reside. Beside Nepal Silawal is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Malaysia, where 0 percent reside and India, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Silawal Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Silawal in the Hindi language
सिलवालsilavala-

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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 Silawal
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