Silpen Surname

5,812,366th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Silpen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Silpen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon101:2,076,907105,188
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861

Silpen Last Name Facts

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

Silpen is carried by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Silpen? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 5,812,366th most numerous last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 662,504,174 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 91 percent of Silpen are found; 91 percent are found in Central Africa and 82 percent are found in Adamawa-Ubangian Africa.

The last name Silpen is most prevalent in Cameroon, where it is carried by 10 people, or 1 in 2,076,907. In Cameroon Silpen is most numerous in: East Region, where 90 percent live and South Region, where 10 percent live. Not including Cameroon this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 9 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gilpen83162/
Silpin836/
Sylpen831/
Slepen831/
Selpen831/
Selpien7749/
Sleppen7725/
Silpina7710/
Shelpen770/
Gilpn730/
Schülpen7159/
Schölpen7136/
Gilpin6713,072/
Selpin6733/
Jilpin6710/
Slepenova677/
Slepyn672/
Clepen672/
Gelpen672/
Jelpen671/
Selpem671/
Cilpin670/

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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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  • 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 Silpen
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