Sileme Surname
Approximately 5 people bear this surname
Sileme Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
Sileme (25) may also be a first name.
Sileme Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sileme Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sileme is held by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sileme? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 8,193,072nd most frequent last name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Sileme reside; 40 percent reside in Central Africa and 40 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Sileme is also the 2,136,160th most widely held given name throughout the world. It is borne by 25 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Cameroon, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 10,384,534. In Cameroon Sileme is most frequent in: Littoral Region, where 50 percent reside. Besides Cameroon this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 40 percent reside and Algeria, where 20 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 Sileme
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