Sileze Surname
Approximately 248 people bear this surname
Sileze Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Namibia | 172 | 1:14,008 | 2,588 |
| Zambia | 75 | 1:211,332 | 13,534 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Sileze (35) may also be a first name.
Sileze Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sileze Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sileze occurs more in Namibia more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sileze? popularity and diffusion
The last name Sileze is the 1,020,242nd most commonly held surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 29,385,266 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Sileze reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Sileze is also the 1,744,716th most frequent given name world-wide, borne by 35 people.
It is most commonly used in Namibia, where it is held by 172 people, or 1 in 14,008. In Namibia Sileze is most common in: Zambezi Region, where 62 percent live, Erongo Region, where 35 percent live and Kavango East Region, where 2 percent live. Besides Namibia Sileze exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Zambia, where 30 percent live and Cameroon, where 0 percent live.
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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 Sileze
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