Silewu Surname
Approximately 204 people bear this surname
Silewu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 197 | 1:80,456 | 6,837 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Silewu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Silewu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Silewu is found in Zambia more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Silewu? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,168,344th most widespread last name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 35,723,264 people. The surname Silewu is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Silewu are found; 98 percent are found in Southern Africa and 98 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
This surname is most numerous in Zambia, where it is carried by 197 people, or 1 in 80,456. In Zambia it is mostly found in: Southern Province, where 79 percent reside, Lusaka Province, where 20 percent reside and Copperbelt Province, where 1 percent reside. Without taking into account Zambia this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 2 percent reside and South Africa, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shilewu | 92 | 5 | / |
| Sailewu | 92 | 1 | / |
| Silevu | 83 | 704 | / |
| Silawu | 83 | 266 | / |
| Cilewu | 83 | 21 | / |
| Silebu | 83 | 4 | / |
| Siliwu | 83 | 2 | / |
| Sailevu | 77 | 603 | / |
| Silveus | 77 | 488 | / |
| Siliwau | 77 | 4 | / |
| Sailebu | 77 | 4 | / |
| Shelewu | 77 | 4 | / |
| Shilawu | 77 | 2 | / |
| Siliwut | 77 | 1 | / |
| Chilewu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Selewou | 77 | 1 | / |
| Shilevu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Sailawu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Saylewu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Silvu | 73 | 5 | / |
| Ziliwu | 67 | 7,490 | / |
| Zilevu | 67 | 991 | / |
| Selebu | 67 | 201 | / |
| Silvus | 67 | 186 | / |
| Jiliwu | 67 | 67 | / |
| Selevu | 67 | 32 | / |
| Selawu | 67 | 25 | / |
| Ciliwu | 67 | 22 | / |
| Silavu | 67 | 20 | / |
| Silvau | 67 | 2 | / |
| Shilbu | 67 | 2 | / |
| Selveu | 67 | 2 | / |
| Shelwu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Silvou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Seliwu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Giliwu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gelewu | 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 Silewu
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