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
The surname Silema (Hindi: सिलेमा, Marathi: िसलेमा, Oriya: ସିେଲମା) occurs more in Zambia more than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Silema click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Silema? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 748,537th most common family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 18,977,984 people. The last name Silema is mostly found 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 commonly used first name world-wide, borne by 194 people.
The last name is most common in Zambia, where it is held by 200 people, or 1 in 79,250. In Zambia it is mostly concentrated in: Western Province, where 95 percent reside, Southern Province, where 3 percent reside and Copperbelt Province, where 1 percent reside. Not including Zambia this surname occurs in 9 countries. It also occurs in Malawi, where 34 percent reside and South Africa, where 8 percent reside.
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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