Silib Surname

1,028,911th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 245 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Mauritania

Silib Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Silib Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia2051:645,11850,622
Turkey241:3,242,55989,463
Mauritania151:272,99112,403
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784

Silib (24) may also be a first name.

Silib Last Name Facts

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

The last name Silib (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺻﻠﻴﺐ) is found in Indonesia more than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Silib? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,028,911th most widely held family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 29,745,085 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 70 percent of Silib are found; 62 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 62 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Silib is also the 2,187,323rd most commonly held given name internationally, borne by 24 people.

It is most common in Indonesia, where it is held by 205 people, or 1 in 645,118. In Indonesia Silib is most frequent in: Bali, where 65 percent live, Papua, where 26 percent live and Lampung, where 7 percent live. Besides Indonesia this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Turkey, where 10 percent live and Mauritania, where 6 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Silaib916/
Silip80587/
Siliv80267/
Selib8063/
Gilib8026/
Jilib8010/
Sileb806/
Silif802/
Zilib801/
Silibowa77131/
Silipe7356/
Silipp7332/
Siliev7328/
Selaib734/
Siliew733/
Zsilip731/
Cilaib731/
Sylibs731/
Sailiv731/
Siluiv731/
Silife731/
Selibh731/
Silivs731/
Djailib67177/
Seelieb6746/
Seeleib6742/
Silieff6715/
Sheleib671/
Shillip671/
Shilipt671/
Sitliff670/

Silib Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Silib in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺻﻠﻴﺐslyb-

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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 Silib
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