Silume Surname
Approximately 2,133 people bear this surname
Silume Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 1,979 | 1:8,009 | 949 |
| Namibia | 82 | 1:29,383 | 4,509 |
| Zimbabwe | 68 | 1:227,033 | 25,258 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Silume (584) may also be a first name.
Silume Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Silume Come From? nationality or country of origin
Silume is more frequently found in Zambia than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Silume? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 196,487th most commonly occurring last name globally, held by around 1 in 3,416,571 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Silume are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Silume is also the 346,315th most common given name world-wide It is held by 584 people.
The last name Silume is most common in Zambia, where it is borne by 1,979 people, or 1 in 8,009. In Zambia it is most common in: Western Province, where 71 percent are found, Southern Province, where 10 percent are found and Lusaka Province, where 9 percent are found. Not including Zambia Silume occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Namibia, where 4 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 3 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shilume | 92 | 143 | / |
| Siloume | 92 | 2 | / |
| Silumes | 92 | 2 | / |
| Silum | 91 | 320 | / |
| Seiloume | 86 | 9 | / |
| Siluma | 83 | 2,396 | / |
| Siloum | 83 | 109 | / |
| Selume | 83 | 49 | / |
| Silime | 83 | 13 | / |
| Silome | 83 | 13 | / |
| Sailum | 83 | 8 | / |
| Cilume | 83 | 5 | / |
| Jilume | 83 | 4 | / |
| Shilum | 83 | 1 | / |
| Silumi | 83 | 1 | / |
| Seilloume | 80 | 1 | / |
| Chilume | 77 | 822 | / |
| Seiloum | 77 | 265 | / |
| Sailoum | 77 | 139 | / |
| Shillum | 77 | 79 | / |
| Siluuma | 77 | 56 | / |
| Djilume | 77 | 55 | / |
| Shilumi | 77 | 15 | / |
| Shiluma | 77 | 6 | / |
| Seloume | 77 | 3 | / |
| Dzilume | 77 | 2 | / |
| Seilime | 77 | 2 | / |
| Gilaume | 77 | 1 | / |
| Selumie | 77 | 1 | / |
| Sailaum | 77 | 1 | / |
| Soilime | 77 | 1 | / |
| Sileuma | 77 | 1 | / |
| Silumio | 77 | 1 | / |
| Sselume | 77 | 1 | / |
| Suillum | 77 | 0 | / |
| Silom | 73 | 1,058 | / |
| Selum | 73 | 62 | / |
| Cilum | 73 | 22 | / |
| Sélum | 73 | 1 | / |
| Zilum | 73 | 0 | / |
| Seilouma | 71 | 5 | / |
| Chilhume | 71 | 1 | / |
| Shilomei | 71 | 1 | / |
| Seilloum | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chihlume | 71 | 1 | / |
| Juillume | 71 | 1 | / |
| Shilleum | 71 | 0 | / |
| Selome | 67 | 5,163 | / |
| Siloma | 67 | 1,100 | / |
| Selime | 67 | 414 | / |
| Silimi | 67 | 305 | / |
| Seluma | 67 | 280 | / |
| Selumi | 67 | 188 | / |
| Chilum | 67 | 66 | / |
| Selhum | 67 | 58 | / |
| Celume | 67 | 37 | / |
| Sailom | 67 | 32 | / |
| Seelum | 67 | 28 | / |
| Ziluma | 67 | 24 | / |
| Seloum | 67 | 14 | / |
| Cilumi | 67 | 12 | / |
| Sajlum | 67 | 8 | / |
| Jelume | 67 | 4 | / |
| Shilom | 67 | 3 | / |
| Cilome | 67 | 3 | / |
| Juillaume | 67 | 2 | / |
| Jilumi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Saylum | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shelum | 67 | 1 | / |
| Selumé | 67 | 1 | / |
| Silhom | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shailimie | 67 | 1 | / |
| Seleum | 67 | 1 | / |
| Seilom | 67 | 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 Silume
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