Siliwa Surname
Approximately 69 people bear this surname
Siliwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 21 | 1:388,272 | 50,829 |
| Cameroon | 13 | 1:1,597,621 | 87,539 |
| Indonesia | 13 | 1:10,173,015 | 372,576 |
| Uganda | 7 | 1:5,577,040 | 114,218 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Siliwa (41) may also be a first name.
Siliwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Siliwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Siliwa is carried by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Siliwa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Siliwa is the 2,293,424th most commonly held family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 105,616,607 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 41 percent of Siliwa are found; 33 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 33 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. Siliwa is also the 1,590,275th most frequently used first name internationally, held by 41 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 21 people, or 1 in 388,272. In Papua New Guinea it is mostly found in: Western, where 90 percent reside, Manus, where 5 percent reside and Morobe, where 5 percent reside. Other than Papua New Guinea it is found in 11 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 19 percent reside and Indonesia, where 19 percent reside.
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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 Siliwa
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