Silehi Surname
Approximately 59 people bear this surname
Silehi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 58 | 1:140,581 | 19,337 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
Silehi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Silehi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Silehi is carried by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Silehi.
How Common Is The Last Name Silehi? popularity and diffusion
The surname Silehi is the 2,506,728th most commonly held family name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 123,517,727 people. Silehi occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 98 percent of Silehi reside; 98 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 98 percent reside in Papuan Oceania.
This surname is most widespread in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 58 people, or 1 in 140,581. In Papua New Guinea Silehi is most frequent in: East Sepik, where 88 percent reside and West New Britain, where 12 percent reside. Not including Papua New Guinea this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in Ethiopia, where 2 percent reside.
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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 Silehi
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