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 last name Silumbe occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Silumbe? popularity and diffusion
The surname Silumbe is the 188,707th most frequent last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 3,253,369 people. Silumbe is primarily found 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 frequent in Tanzania, where it is carried by 1,682 people, or 1 in 31,475. In Tanzania it is mostly found in: Songwe Region, where 60 percent live, Mbeya Region, where 20 percent live and Rukwa Region, where 12 percent live. Beside Tanzania it occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Zambia, where 24 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 0 percent live.
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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