Silumelume Surname
Approximately 200 people bear this surname
Silumelume Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 199 | 1:79,648 | 6,785 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
Silumelume (43) may also be a first name.
Silumelume Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Silumelume Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Silumelume is borne by more people in Zambia than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Silumelume.
How Common Is The Last Name Silumelume? popularity and diffusion
The surname Silumelume is the 1,185,157th most prevalent last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 36,437,730 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Silumelume are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,545,828th most common first name globally, borne by 43 people.
This surname is most widely held in Zambia, where it is held by 199 people, or 1 in 79,648. In Zambia Silumelume is most frequent in: Western Province, where 58 percent live, Lusaka Province, where 20 percent live and Copperbelt Province, where 11 percent live. Excluding Zambia Silumelume exists in one country. It is also found in Ethiopia, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chilumelume | 86 | 1 | / |
| Salume Lima | 67 | 4 | / |
| Siljemalm | 63 | 6 | / |
| Sulumlomo | 63 | 2 | / |
| Salum Lima | 60 | 1 | / |
| Solmalm | 59 | 1 | / |
| Solomlam | 56 | 4 | / |
| Salam-Lm | 56 | 1 | / |
| Zulmelmy | 56 | 1 | / |
| Salemalam | 53 | 1 | / |
| Saleh Malm | 50 | 1 | / |
| Saleemleem | 50 | 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 Silumelume
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