Silungwe Surname

17,867th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 30,924 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Zambia

Silungwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Silungwe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zambia16,7581:946130
Malawi7,8161:2,190262
Tanzania6,2351:8,4911,114
South Africa281:1,934,91888,980
Zimbabwe271:571,78744,609
Namibia251:96,3768,697
England121:4,643,172139,951
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
Iceland31:126,6975,403
Scotland31:1,784,60641,943
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
China11:1,367,321,56651,149

Silungwe (101) may also be a first name.

Silungwe Last Name Facts

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

The last name Silungwe occurs more in Zambia more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Silungwe? popularity and diffusion

Silungwe is the 17,867th most frequently used family name internationally It is held by around 1 in 235,660 people. The surname Silungwe is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Silungwe live; 80 percent live in Southern Africa and 80 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 940,641st most numerous first name world-wide, held by 101 people.

The last name Silungwe is most frequently occurring in Zambia, where it is carried by 16,758 people, or 1 in 946. In Zambia it is most numerous in: Muchinga Province, where 31 percent are found, Lusaka Province, where 19 percent are found and Copperbelt Province, where 19 percent are found. Apart from Zambia this last name occurs in 17 countries. It also occurs in Malawi, where 25 percent are found and Tanzania, where 20 percent are found.

Silungwe Last Name Statistics demography

Silungwe earn notably less less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 21.38% less than the national average, earning R 186,828 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Shilungwe941/
Siluingwe941/
Silungwea941/
Siloungwe941/
Silongwe8882/
Silungwa8840/
Silumgwe883/
Selungwe881/
Selungwi75676/
Silongwa752/
Zilungwa751/
Silonkwe751/
Shilongwa718/
Selungbi636/
Zilungua635/
Silongua631/
Zelungua501/

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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 Silungwe
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