Sileti Surname

723,769th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 402 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Sileti Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sileti Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi3141:54,5197,527
Indonesia391:3,391,005183,158
Zimbabwe291:532,35342,865
India81:95,883,173728,828
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
South Africa31:18,059,235248,362
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168
Tanzania21:26,470,806111,653
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Sileti (495) may also be a first name.

Sileti Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Sileti Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Sileti (Bengali: সিলেতী, Hindi: सिलेटी, Marathi: िसलेटी) has its highest incidence in Malawi. It can also be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Sileti.

How Common Is The Last Name Sileti? popularity and diffusion

The last name Sileti is the 723,769th most frequently occurring last name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 18,128,224 people. Sileti is primarily found in Africa, where 87 percent of Sileti reside; 86 percent reside in Southern Africa and 86 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 381,460th most frequently used first name internationally, held by 495 people.

The last name Sileti is most frequently occurring in Malawi, where it is carried by 314 people, or 1 in 54,519. Other than Malawi it exists in 9 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 10 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 7 percent reside.

Sileti Last Name Statistics demography

Sileti earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 57.19% less than the national average, earning R 101,724 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Sileti Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sileti in the Bengali language
সিলেতীsileti-
Sileti in the Hindi language
सिलेटीsileti98.68
सीलेटीsileti0.66
सिलेतीsileti0.66
Sileti in the Marathi language
िसलेटीisaleti80
िसलेतीisaleti20

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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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Sileti
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