Silembo Surname

1,558,593rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 132 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Zambia

Silembo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Silembo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zambia1291:122,8689,314
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
France11:66,422,722504,397
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Silembo Last Name Facts

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

The surname Silembo is borne by more people in Zambia than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Silembo? popularity and diffusion

The surname Silembo is the 1,558,593rd most commonly used last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 55,208,681 people. Silembo is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Silembo reside; 98 percent reside in Southern Africa and 98 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

This last name is most prevalent in Zambia, where it is carried by 129 people, or 1 in 122,868. In Zambia it is most frequent in: Lusaka Province, where 50 percent reside, Southern Province, where 41 percent reside and Copperbelt Province, where 6 percent reside. Apart from Zambia this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 1 percent reside and France, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sielembo931/
Siliembou8811/
Silombo861,057/
Silemba86843/
Zilembo86189/
Selembo86175/
Silambo8667/
Gilembo864/
Silimbo863/
Jilembo861/
Silenbo861/
Chilembo8010,535/
Shilemba80398/
Shilombo8038/
Silamboy802/
Silambuo802/
Sailimbo801/
Shelembo801/
Slemba772/
Silomba712,618/
Selemba71851/
Silamba71303/
Zilombo71195/
Cilemba71116/
Gilemba7133/
Silimba7126/
Gelembo7115/
Zilemba7110/
Selombo719/
Silimvo715/
Slembah714/
Jilemba711/
Selambo711/
Zilenbo711/
Gilimbo711/
Chilemba679,423/
Shelemba671,843/
Shilamba67896/
Sselemba67146/
Chilimbo67113/
Selamboi675/
Shilimba671/
Sihlamba671/
Cilomboo671/
Sellemba671/
Shelombo671/
Zelembou671/
Siluimba671/
Selembat671/

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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 Silembo
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