Siliga Surname

407,382nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 859 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
American Samoa

Siliga Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Siliga Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa4821:112,40213,510
United States1461:2,482,595151,840
Hungary991:99,1549,620
Papua New Guinea351:232,96332,024
American Samoa331:1,690316
Burkina Faso201:917,6059,572
Australia141:1,928,26488,951
Zimbabwe101:1,543,82478,460
New Zealand81:566,04034,598
Slovakia31:1,778,817104,392
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
France11:66,422,722504,397
Canada11:36,845,591464,108

The alternate forms: Šiliga (5) are calculated separately.

Siliga Last Name Facts

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

The surname Siliga (Marathi: िसलीगा, Oriya: ସିଲିଗା) occurs most in South Africa. It may also occur in the variant forms: Šiliga. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Siliga? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 407,382nd most prevalent family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 8,483,755 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 60 percent of Siliga live; 57 percent live in Southern Africa and 57 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

This last name is most common in South Africa, where it is borne by 482 people, or 1 in 112,402. In South Africa it is primarily found in: Limpopo, where 75 percent are found, Gauteng, where 19 percent are found and Free State, where 1 percent are found. Aside from South Africa this surname is found in 16 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 17 percent are found and Hungary, where 12 percent are found.

Siliga Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Siliga surname are 17.88% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 71.11% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Siliga earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 25.36% less than the national average, earning R 177,372 per year and in United States they earn 0.44% less than the national average, earning $42,960 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Šiliga945/
Shiliga9260/
Siligat9219/
Siligha9210/
Sziliga922/
Siligai921/
Ssiliga921/
Sieliga921/
Sileiga921/
Schiliga8618/
Shilliga866/
Shiligah861/
Siliguea861/
Seliga833,718/
Silega83287/
Siligo83226/
Giliga83104/
Siligi8356/
Jiliga8322/
Ciliga8312/
Silige838/
Siluga834/
Syliga831/
Shilighga8047/
Sgilighga801/
Szeliga777,020/
Silegas77106/
Sheliga7774/
Sciligo7735/
Chiliga7723/
Siliggi7712/
Silighi7712/
Shilega775/
Shiluga775/
Széliga774/
Siligoi773/
Siliger772/
Silegap771/
Sieluga771/
Szyliga771/
Cilioga771/
Seligau771/
Siligie771/
Siligou771/
Shiligi771/
Seligha771/
Shillighga759/
Scheliga71873/
Seleigha716/
Shilegha711/
Szeligha711/
Shilligo711/
Sitliger711/
Gilhaiga711/
Chiligah711/
Shiliger710/
Šeliga67754/
Selega67569/
Geliga67294/
Ziluga6775/
Seluga6770/
Gilega6762/
Seligj6758/
Seligi6745/
Seligo6743/
Selige6730/
Silege6717/
Silegy6712/
Celiga6710/
Shileanga679/
Zeliga676/
Jeliga674/
Silego674/
Chiligath671/
Cilega671/
Silegi671/
Ciligo671/
Schiliger670/
Shilliger670/

Siliga Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Siliga in the Oriya language
ସିଲିଗାsiliga-
Siliga in the Marathi language
िसलीगाisaliga-

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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 Siliga
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