Silla Surname
Approximately 21,662 people bear this surname
Silla Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sierra Leone | 5,254 | 1:1,349 | 251 |
| Philippines | 2,743 | 1:36,908 | 5,677 |
| India | 1,968 | 1:389,769 | 20,743 |
| Indonesia | 1,784 | 1:74,131 | 7,948 |
| Tanzania | 1,673 | 1:31,645 | 3,736 |
| Italy | 1,325 | 1:46,156 | 8,303 |
| Spain | 1,213 | 1:38,542 | 3,780 |
| Mauritania | 674 | 1:6,075 | 704 |
| United States | 570 | 1:635,893 | 51,189 |
| Burkina Faso | 551 | 1:33,307 | 1,815 |
| Niger | 427 | 1:44,946 | 2,329 |
| Senegal | 404 | 1:36,087 | 696 |
| Ivory Coast | 400 | 1:57,678 | 3,421 |
| Nepal | 305 | 1:93,380 | 2,033 |
| Kenya | 299 | 1:154,448 | 12,253 |
| Cameroon | 258 | 1:80,500 | 9,858 |
| Brazil | 242 | 1:884,605 | 31,829 |
| France | 219 | 1:303,300 | 46,302 |
| Estonia | 207 | 1:6,386 | 745 |
| Lebanon | 106 | 1:53,180 | 4,295 |
| Canada | 93 | 1:396,189 | 35,081 |
| Mexico | 73 | 1:1,700,359 | 17,324 |
| Haiti | 69 | 1:154,839 | 6,504 |
| Iran | 69 | 1:1,112,790 | 49,471 |
| Germany | 58 | 1:1,388,025 | 86,120 |
| Russia | 56 | 1:2,573,626 | 147,394 |
| Finland | 50 | 1:109,934 | 10,946 |
| Argentina | 47 | 1:909,434 | 58,335 |
| England | 44 | 1:1,266,320 | 57,817 |
| Australia | 39 | 1:692,197 | 46,687 |
| Liberia | 37 | 1:119,150 | 9,110 |
| Malaysia | 35 | 1:842,692 | 38,700 |
| Thailand | 33 | 1:2,140,556 | 247,258 |
| Uruguay | 31 | 1:110,702 | 10,617 |
| United Arab Emirates | 30 | 1:305,409 | 20,323 |
| Slovakia | 28 | 1:190,588 | 32,093 |
| Papua New Guinea | 22 | 1:370,624 | 48,900 |
| Venezuela | 17 | 1:1,776,710 | 22,419 |
| Denmark | 16 | 1:352,795 | 24,706 |
| Croatia | 14 | 1:302,043 | 29,715 |
| Benin | 13 | 1:795,046 | 42,452 |
| Switzerland | 12 | 1:684,410 | 46,196 |
| Gambia | 9 | 1:213,717 | 372 |
| Malawi | 9 | 1:1,902,123 | 19,532 |
| Zimbabwe | 8 | 1:1,929,780 | 92,581 |
| Colombia | 8 | 1:5,971,759 | 20,087 |
| South Africa | 6 | 1:9,029,617 | 189,736 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Belgium | 5 | 1:2,299,329 | 106,824 |
| Sweden | 5 | 1:1,969,351 | 134,077 |
| Congo | 5 | 1:997,819 | 17,129 |
| China | 4 | 1:341,830,392 | 16,990 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
| Taiwan | 4 | 1:5,861,186 | 33,577 |
| Bangladesh | 4 | 1:39,839,193 | 17,324 |
| Central African Republic | 4 | 1:1,128,848 | 387 |
| Norway | 4 | 1:1,285,572 | 69,185 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Belarus | 4 | 1:2,375,265 | 105,497 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Mali | 4 | 1:4,242,259 | 2,433 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Netherlands | 3 | 1:5,629,059 | 132,535 |
| Albania | 3 | 1:971,352 | 22,477 |
| Moldova | 2 | 1:1,780,684 | 55,103 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| Yemen | 2 | 1:13,212,647 | 40,633 |
| Guinea | 2 | 1:5,916,908 | 2,656 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Transnistria | 1 | 1:474,699 | 17,893 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Andorra | 1 | 1:83,838 | 2,381 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 1 | 1:1,728,021 | 323 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 16 | 1:3,138,668 | 142,671 |
Silla (7,535) may also be a first name.
Silla Demographics
Silla Religious Adherence
in Russia
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Silla Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Silla Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Silla (Arabic: سلى, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﻴﻼ, Hindi: सिल्ला, Oriya: ସିଲା, Russian: Силла) is carried by more people in Sierra Leone than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Silla? popularity and diffusion
The surname Silla is the 24,918th most commonly occurring family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 336,421 people. The surname Silla occurs mostly in Africa, where 46 percent of Silla are found; 35 percent are found in West Africa and 28 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Silla is also the 73,987th most commonly used forename in the world. It is borne by 7,535 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Sierra Leone, where it is carried by 5,254 people, or 1 in 1,349. Beside Sierra Leone this last name exists in 92 countries. It is also common in The Philippines, where 13 percent are found and India, where 9 percent are found.
Silla Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Silla has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Silla surname grew 3,563 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Silla Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Silla last name is primarily Muslim (100%) in Russia, Christian (100%) in Kenya and Melkite Greek Catholic (89%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those holding the Silla last name are 40.44% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 93.67% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Silla earn in different countries varies markedly. In Italy they earn 14.2% less than the national average, earning €25,766 per year; in South Africa they earn 8.87% more than the national average, earning R 258,720 per year; in Colombia they earn 27.57% more than the national average, earning $28,961,900 COP per year; in United States they earn 2.85% less than the national average, earning $41,921 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.6% more than the national average, earning $50,973 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Silla Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Silla in the Hindi language | ||
| सिल्ला | silla | 96 |
| सीला | sila | 2 |
| शीला | sila | 2 |
| Silla in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺳﻴﻼ | syla | 92.73 |
| ﺳﻼ | sla | 6.06 |
| Silla in the Oriya language | ||
| ସିଲା | sila | 82.76 |
| ଶିଲା | sila | 15.52 |
| Silla in the Russian language | ||
| Силла | silla | - |
| Silla in the Arabic language | ||
| سلى | sly | - |
| سَلى | saly | - |
| سُلى | suly | - |
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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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- 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 Silla
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