Silombela Surname
Approximately 162 people bear this surname
Silombela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 131 | 1:130,680 | 14,293 |
| Zimbabwe | 25 | 1:617,530 | 46,943 |
| Namibia | 3 | 1:803,134 | 15,170 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Silombela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Silombela Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Silombela is found most in Malawi. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Silombela click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Silombela? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,364,059th most frequently used last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 44,984,851 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Silombela reside; 99 percent reside in Southern Africa and 99 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Malawi, where it is carried by 131 people, or 1 in 130,680. Without taking into account Malawi it is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 15 percent reside and Namibia, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Silambela | 89 | 1 | / |
| Selombela | 89 | 1 | / |
| Chilombela | 84 | 25 | / |
| Silambele | 78 | 3 | / |
| Zilambela | 78 | 1 | / |
| Silanbela | 78 | 1 | / |
| Silombile | 78 | 1 | / |
| Zilombola | 78 | 1 | / |
| Selembela | 78 | 1 | / |
| Shilambele | 74 | 5 | / |
| Shilambila | 74 | 2 | / |
| Silambile | 67 | 22 | / |
| Selembala | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chilambila | 63 | 2 | / |
| Zilambile | 56 | 1 | / |
| Zelembola | 56 | 1 | / |
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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 Silombela
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