Silumbu Surname

59,717th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8,446 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Silumbu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Silumbu Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi7,3981:2,314283
Zambia4331:36,6053,689
Tanzania3511:150,83113,693
Namibia1671:14,4282,658
DR Congo621:1,191,60673,277
Botswana221:99,40615,343
Zimbabwe71:2,205,46397,905
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
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Silumbu (161) may also be a first name.

Silumbu Last Name Facts

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

Silumbu is most common in Malawi. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Silumbu.

How Common Is The Last Name Silumbu? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 59,717th most commonly used surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 862,840 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Silumbu are found; 95 percent are found in Southern Africa and 95 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 722,635th most widely held first name throughout the world. It is borne by 161 people.

This surname is most commonly held in Malawi, where it is held by 7,398 people, or 1 in 2,314. Beside Malawi Silumbu is found in 11 countries. It also occurs in Zambia, where 5 percent live and Tanzania, where 4 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Shilumbu931,430/
Cilumbu8656/
Silimbu8616/
Sylumbu861/
Gilumbu861/
Chilumbu801,755/
Tjilumbu8071/
Siliembou7511/
Shelaumbu751/
Cilombu7121/
Selimbau676/
Gelumbus675/
Celumbus671/
Gelumbaus635/
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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 Silumbu
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