Silema Surname
Approximately 384 people bear this surname
Silema Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 200 | 1:79,250 | 6,753 |
| Malawi | 131 | 1:130,680 | 14,293 |
| South Africa | 32 | 1:1,693,053 | 82,821 |
| Zimbabwe | 15 | 1:1,029,216 | 63,831 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
Silema (194) may also be a first name.
Silema Demographics
Average Silema Salary in
South Africa
R 138,612
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Silema Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Silema Come From? nationality or country of origin
Silema (Hindi: सिलेमा, Marathi: िसलेमा, Oriya: ସିେଲମା) is more frequently found in Zambia than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Silema click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Silema? popularity and diffusion
It is the 748,537th most frequently used last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 18,977,984 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Silema reside; 98 percent reside in Southern Africa and 98 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Silema is also the 651,944th most prevalent first name world-wide. It is borne by 194 people.
The surname Silema is most frequently used in Zambia, where it is held by 200 people, or 1 in 79,250. In Zambia Silema is primarily concentrated in: Western Province, where 95 percent live, Southern Province, where 3 percent live and Copperbelt Province, where 1 percent live. Besides Zambia it occurs in 9 countries. It is also common in Malawi, where 34 percent live and South Africa, where 8 percent live.
Silema Last Name Statistics demography
Silema earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 41.67% less than the national average, earning R 138,612 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Silema Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Silema in the Oriya language | ||
| ସିେଲମା | sielama | - |
| Silema in the Hindi language | ||
| सिलेमा | silema | 85.42 |
| सीलेमा | silema | 14.58 |
| Silema in the Marathi language | ||
| िसलेमा | isalema | 66.67 |
| सीलेमा | silema | 33.33 |
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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 Silema
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