Siluma Surname

178,298th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,396 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Siluma Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Siluma Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa2,2241:24,3603,099
Zimbabwe1251:123,50616,570
Zambia291:546,54923,344
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
England31:18,572,686338,250
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Wales11:3,094,53244,023

Siluma (44) may also be a first name.

Siluma Last Name Facts

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

The last name Siluma is held by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Siluma? popularity and diffusion

Siluma is the 178,298th most common surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 3,041,547 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Siluma are found; 99 percent are found in Southern Africa and 99 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Siluma is also the 1,525,482nd most widely held first name internationally, held by 44 people.

It is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is carried by 2,224 people, or 1 in 24,360. In South Africa Siluma is most prevalent in: Mpumalanga, where 56 percent are found, Gauteng, where 27 percent are found and Limpopo, where 7 percent are found. Other than South Africa this last name occurs in 10 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 5 percent are found and Zambia, where 1 percent are found.

Siluma Last Name Statistics demography

Siluma earn marginally less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 1.39% less than the national average, earning R 234,336 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Siluuma9256/
Shiluma926/
Sileuma921/
Seilouma865/
Silaumat863/
Silumath861/
Silima839,656/
Silume832,133/
Siloma831,100/
Seluma83280/
Jiluma83230/
Silumo8333/
Ziluma8324/
Silumi831/
Shilima77354/
Chiluma77279/
Suilima77254/
Shilume77143/
Selouma77131/
Dziluma7755/
Silimau7731/
Sseluma7724/
Shilumi7715/
Shiloma7712/
Silimai779/
Silomaa778/
Selusma778/
Soilumo776/
Gilumai775/
Sealuma773/
Siliema773/
Seluuma772/
Silumes772/
Zilhuma772/
Siloume772/
Jilauma771/
Silimah771/
Zileuma771/
Silumio771/
Sailima771/
Djilouma7115/
Schilima7111/
Seiloume719/
Sseluuma718/
Seylouma715/
Shilomai713/
Chiluuma711/
Selima679,782/
Seloma672,297/
Zilima67398/
Selumi67188/
Silomo67160/
Selume6749/
Celuma6724/
Jeluma6722/
Silimo6720/
Silome6713/
Cilumi6712/
Selumo6712/
Geluma678/
Cilume675/
Gilumo672/
Seilloume671/
Selumé671/
Ziloma671/
Silumhous670/

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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 Siluma
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