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 occurs in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sileme? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 8,193,072nd most frequently occurring family name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. Sileme occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Sileme are found; 40 percent are found in Central Africa and 40 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,136,160th most frequently used given name world-wide. It is borne by 25 people.
The last name Sileme is most widely held 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 live. Outside of Cameroon this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 40 percent live and Algeria, where 20 percent live.
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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 Sileme
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