Silkam Surname

4,649,889th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 18 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Niger
Highest density in:
Niger

Silkam Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Silkam Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Niger171:1,128,94224,295
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406

Silkam (48) may also be a first name.

Silkam Last Name Facts

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

Silkam occurs more in Niger more than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Silkam? popularity and diffusion

The surname Silkam is the 4,649,889th most frequently occurring surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 404,863,662 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Silkam live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Chadic Africa. Silkam is also the 1,448,253rd most widespread given name world-wide, held by 48 people.

It is most frequent in Niger, where it is borne by 17 people, or 1 in 1,128,942. In Niger Silkam is mostly concentrated in: Tillabéri Region, where 94 percent are found and Niamey Capital District, where 6 percent are found. Excluding Niger it occurs in one country. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 6 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Silkham921/
Shilkam921/
Silkame921/
Shilkham8619/
Selkam8313/
Jilkam8310/
Gilkam839/
Shelkam7731/
Gillkam771/
Shlkame771/
Chilkkam711/
Scelcam621/
Selkoum621/
Cilquham573/
Slcoum501/
Zelcam501/
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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 Silkam
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