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
The surname Sileme has its highest incidence in Cameroon. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Sileme.
How Common Is The Last Name Sileme? popularity and diffusion
Sileme is the 8,193,072nd most commonly held last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Sileme live; 40 percent live in Central Africa and 40 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Sileme is also the 2,136,160th most commonly used forename on earth. It is borne by 25 people.
This last name is most widespread in Cameroon, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 10,384,534. In Cameroon it is primarily found in: Littoral Region, where 50 percent are found. Aside from Cameroon Sileme is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 40 percent are found and Algeria, where 20 percent are found.
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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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