Sillow Surname

4,908,606th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 16 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Sillow Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sillow Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe71:2,205,46397,905
Indonesia51:26,449,839597,308
England11:55,718,059489,080
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

Sillow Last Name Facts

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

Sillow is carried by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sillow? popularity and diffusion

Sillow is the 4,908,606th most common surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 455,471,620 people. The surname Sillow is primarily found in Africa, where 50 percent of Sillow are found; 50 percent are found in Southern Africa and 50 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

The last name Sillow is most frequent in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 7 people, or 1 in 2,205,463. In Zimbabwe it is primarily concentrated in: Mashonaland Central Province, where 100 percent live. Without taking into account Zimbabwe this surname is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 31 percent live and England, where 6 percent live.

Sillow Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Sillow has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Sillow surname decreased 75 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Shillow921,106/
Schillow8660/
Gillow83923/
Sellow83741/
Süllow8328/
Jillow8320/
Sillov8310/
Zillow837/
Cillow832/
Sllowa831/
Slow801,023/
Shellow77161/
Shillaw77110/
Sellows7727/
Chillow7714/
Sellowa779/
Sillova776/
Ziellow774/
Gillows774/
Shillov771/
Sillyaw771/
Silloff770/
Sllov736/
Sllaw732/
Jllow731/
Slowa731/
Shillova71507/
Schüllow7112/
Schellow719/
Silliova713/
Sielloff710/
Jellow67390/
Schlow6763/
Cillov6735/
Gellow6734/
Zellow6729/
Schilloff6718/
Schillhof6711/
Gillov671/
Sllova671/
Selluw671/
Sillaf671/
Cellow671/

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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 Sillow
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