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 last name Silempa is borne by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. For other possible spellings of Silempa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Silempa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 583,527th most prevalent surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 13,570,849 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Silempa live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The last name is most widespread in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 530 people, or 1 in 29,129. In Zimbabwe it is primarily found in: Matabeleland North Province, where 62 percent live, Midlands Province, where 16 percent live and Bulawayo Province, where 12 percent live. Apart from Zimbabwe it exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 0 percent live and England, where 0 percent live.
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
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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 Silempa
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