Silliah Surname

5,391,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Denmark

Silliah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Silliah Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania71:7,563,08870,659
Denmark41:1,411,17960,800
England11:55,718,059489,080
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885

Silliah (17) may also be a first name.

Silliah Last Name Facts

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

Silliah occurs most in Tanzania. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Silliah? popularity and diffusion

The surname Silliah is the 5,391,485th most widely held last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 560,580,455 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 54 percent of Silliah live; 54 percent live in East Africa and 54 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,694,839th most numerous first name globally It is held by 17 people.

The surname is most numerous in Tanzania, where it is held by 7 people, or 1 in 7,563,088. In Tanzania it is most frequent in: Dar es Salaam Region, where 57 percent live, Kilimanjaro Region, where 14 percent live and Morogoro Region, where 14 percent live. Without taking into account Tanzania Silliah is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Denmark, where 31 percent live and England, where 8 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Selliah863,571/
Silliea861/
Sliah8310/
Sellijah802/
Silleahy802/
Sellieah801/
Slihah7746/
Sillea770/
Sellaiyah7516/
Schelliah752/
Sellaiiah751/
Selliha713/
Shellaiyah711/
Selljah711/
Sellija711/
Zilleah711/
Selleah710/
Sellaiya6724/
Sliha676/
Sleah675/
Sliho673/

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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 Silliah
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