Silombo Surname

346,158th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,057 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Swaziland

Silombo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Silombo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa8731:62,0597,820
Swaziland1261:10,303513
Zambia431:368,60319,020
Zimbabwe141:1,102,73166,551
Australia11:26,995,701270,794

Silombo Last Name Facts

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

Silombo is borne by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Silombo? popularity and diffusion

It is the 346,158th most commonly occurring surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 6,894,556 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Silombo are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

This surname is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is borne by 873 people, or 1 in 62,059. In South Africa it is most frequent in: Mpumalanga, where 81 percent are found, Gauteng, where 11 percent are found and Limpopo, where 3 percent are found. Besides South Africa it exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Swaziland, where 12 percent are found and Zambia, where 4 percent are found.

Silombo Last Name Statistics demography

Silombo earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 46.08% less than the national average, earning R 128,136 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Shilombo9338/
Silomba862,618/
Jilombo86202/
Zilombo86195/
Gilombo86169/
Silembo86132/
Cilombo8691/
Silambo8667/
Selombo869/
Silumbo861/
Xilombo861/
Chilombo8016,642/
Tjilombo802/
Silambuo802/
Silamboy802/
Cilomboo801/
Shelombo801/
Seluombo801/
Sielembo801/
Silumba71905/
Silemba71843/
Silamba71303/
Cilomba71255/
Zilembo71189/
Selembo71175/
Gilambo71109/
Selomba7135/
Silanbo7111/
Zilomba712/
Selambo711/
Jilomba711/
Shilombash711/
Selumbo711/
Chilambo674,941/
Chilumbo672,769/
Shilumba671,970/
Chilomba671,014/
Shilamba67896/
Shilemba67398/
Sselomba675/
Selamboi675/
Sitlamba673/
Chelombo672/
Sihlamba671/
Shelomba671/
Silummba671/
Siluimba671/
Shelembo671/

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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 Silombo
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis