Sileya Surname
Approximately 89 people bear this surname
Sileya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 83 | 1:186,003 | 22,110 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Sileya (49) may also be a first name.
Sileya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sileya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sileya (Hindi: सिलेया, Oriya: ସିେଲୟା) is held by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Sileya click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sileya? popularity and diffusion
The last name Sileya is the 1,980,395th most frequently used surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 81,882,538 people. The last name Sileya occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Sileya reside; 94 percent reside in Southern Africa and 94 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Sileya is also the 1,430,306th most frequent first name globally It is held by 49 people.
Sileya is most frequently used in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 83 people, or 1 in 186,003. In Zimbabwe it is most numerous in: Harare Province, where 25 percent live, Midlands Province, where 24 percent live and Bulawayo Province, where 18 percent live. Besides Zimbabwe it is found in 4 countries. It is also common in India, where 3 percent live and The DR Congo, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sileya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sileya in the Hindi language | ||
| सिलेया | sileya | - |
| Sileya in the Oriya language | ||
| ସିେଲୟା | sielaya | - |
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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 Sileya
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