Silete Surname
Approximately 66 people bear this surname
Silete Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 40 | 1:258,390 | 22,474 |
| Brazil | 14 | 1:15,291,024 | 280,658 |
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
The alternate forms: Silété (1) are calculated separately.
Silete (160) may also be a first name.
Silete Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Silete Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Silete occurs more in Benin more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as: Silété. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Silete? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,352,516th most frequently used family name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 110,417,362 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 77 percent of Silete live; 76 percent live in West Africa and 73 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Silete is also the 725,185th most widespread first name globally, borne by 160 people.
It is most prevalent in Benin, where it is carried by 40 people, or 1 in 258,390. In Benin it is most prevalent in: Mono Department, where 50 percent are found, Littoral Department, where 30 percent are found and Atlantique Department, where 15 percent are found. Outside of Benin Silete occurs in 8 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 21 percent are found and Nigeria, where 9 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 Silete
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