Silumbe Surname
Approximately 2,240 people bear this surname
Silumbe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 1,682 | 1:31,475 | 3,722 |
| Zambia | 547 | 1:28,976 | 3,000 |
| Papua New Guinea | 8 | 1:1,019,215 | 101,897 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Silumbe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Silumbe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Silumbe occurs in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Silumbe? popularity and diffusion
The last name Silumbe is the 188,707th most commonly held family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 3,253,369 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Silumbe reside; 75 percent reside in East Africa and 75 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
The last name is most numerous in Tanzania, where it is held by 1,682 people, or 1 in 31,475. In Tanzania Silumbe is most numerous in: Songwe Region, where 60 percent reside, Mbeya Region, where 20 percent reside and Rukwa Region, where 12 percent reside. Besides Tanzania it occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Zambia, where 24 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shilumbe | 93 | 13 | / |
| Silumba | 86 | 905 | / |
| Silombe | 86 | 15 | / |
| Selumbe | 86 | 6 | / |
| Jilumbe | 86 | 4 | / |
| Silumbi | 86 | 3 | / |
| Gilumbe | 86 | 1 | / |
| Shilumba | 80 | 1,970 | / |
| Shilombe | 80 | 19 | / |
| Shilumbi | 80 | 6 | / |
| Chilumbe | 80 | 5 | / |
| Sselumbe | 80 | 2 | / |
| Siluimba | 80 | 1 | / |
| Selumber | 80 | 1 | / |
| Silummba | 80 | 1 | / |
| Siloombe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Siluumwe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Silombei | 80 | 1 | / |
| Zilhoumbe | 75 | 1 | / |
| Silomba | 71 | 2,618 | / |
| Cilumba | 71 | 473 | / |
| Selumba | 71 | 148 | / |
| Jilumbi | 71 | 16 | / |
| Silimbi | 71 | 9 | / |
| Silunwe | 71 | 3 | / |
| Selimbe | 71 | 2 | / |
| Zilimbe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Zilumbi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Selombe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chilumbi | 67 | 438 | / |
| Shelombe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zeluembe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chilumwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chailumbi | 63 | 70 | / |
| Jilumbhai | 63 | 1 | / |
| Chilumbay | 63 | 1 | / |
| Cilomba | 57 | 255 | / |
| Selomba | 57 | 35 | / |
| Zilomba | 57 | 2 | / |
| Gelumbi | 57 | 1 | / |
| Selimbi | 57 | 1 | / |
| Sselomba | 53 | 5 | / |
| Selimbai | 53 | 4 | / |
| Chelumbi | 53 | 1 | / |
| Shelomba | 53 | 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 Silumbe
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