Silempa Surname
Approximately 537 people bear this surname
Silempa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 530 | 1:29,129 | 4,473 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Silempa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Silempa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Silempa is found in Zimbabwe more than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Silempa.
How Common Is The Last Name Silempa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Silempa is the 583,527th most commonly occurring surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 13,570,849 people. The last name Silempa is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Silempa reside; 99 percent reside in Southern Africa and 99 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
This surname is most frequent in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 530 people, or 1 in 29,129. In Zimbabwe Silempa is primarily concentrated in: Matabeleland North Province, where 62 percent reside, Midlands Province, where 16 percent reside and Bulawayo Province, where 12 percent reside. Aside from Zimbabwe this last name is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 0 percent reside and England, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Silempaa | 93 | 14 | / |
| Slempa | 92 | 37 | / |
| Silempa'a | 88 | 27 | / |
| Silampa | 86 | 21 | / |
| Szlempa | 86 | 13 | / |
| Shlempa | 86 | 10 | / |
| Silimpa | 86 | 1 | / |
| Silempe | 86 | 1 | / |
| Silempie | 80 | 2 | / |
| Scilimpa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Silempoh | 80 | 1 | / |
| Shilampa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Silvea | 77 | 81 | / |
| Slempo | 77 | 4 | / |
| Sileba | 77 | 4 | / |
| Silamphai | 75 | 131 | / |
| Selempo | 71 | 175 | / |
| Szlempo | 71 | 139 | / |
| Seilbea | 71 | 103 | / |
| Shlempo | 71 | 91 | / |
| Shileba | 71 | 35 | / |
| Zilempe | 71 | 26 | / |
| Sileeva | 71 | 10 | / |
| Silampo | 71 | 8 | / |
| Silanpa | 71 | 3 | / |
| Silebah | 71 | 2 | / |
| Sileyva | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sileeba | 71 | 1 | / |
| Silebay | 71 | 1 | / |
| Silebai | 71 | 1 | / |
| Silva | 67 | 5,875,328 | / |
| Shileeva | 67 | 39 | / |
| Shelempe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Selempoh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Scilampo | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Silempa
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