Sileng Surname
Approximately 103 people bear this surname
Sileng Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 75 | 1:108,716 | 14,715 |
| Philippines | 25 | 1:4,049,529 | 157,830 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
Sileng (946) may also be a first name.
Sileng Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sileng Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sileng is more commonly found in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sileng? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,817,111th most frequently held surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 70,752,873 people. Sileng occurs mostly in Oceania, where 73 percent of Sileng reside; 73 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 73 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Sileng is also the 262,692nd most commonly occurring first name globally, borne by 946 people.
It is most frequently used in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 75 people, or 1 in 108,716. In Papua New Guinea Sileng is mostly concentrated in: Madang, where 64 percent are found, Morobe, where 28 percent are found and East New Britain, where 7 percent are found. Outside of Papua New Guinea it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 24 percent are found and Indonesia, where 3 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 Sileng
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