Silwal Surname

63,658th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7,869 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nepal
Highest density in:
Nepal

Silwal Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Silwal Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nepal6,9221:4,115414
India4231:1,813,39364,287
United Arab Emirates1701:53,8965,278
United States881:4,118,852221,730
Qatar591:39,9664,109
England341:1,638,76668,634
Malaysia281:1,053,36546,873
Pakistan241:7,443,49540,927
Australia191:1,420,82673,129
Oman101:368,7975,193
Thailand91:7,848,705447,191
Tanzania91:5,882,40160,754
Finland71:785,24338,644
Denmark61:940,78647,603
Israel61:1,426,27275,466
Canada51:7,369,118289,406
Portugal41:2,604,56016,079
Macau41:150,408604
China41:341,830,39216,990
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
Belgium31:3,832,215117,288
Puerto Rico31:1,183,3805,289
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
South Korea21:25,620,1284,175
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Sierra Leone11:7,089,6311,533
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828

Silwal (21) may also be a first name.

Silwal Last Name Facts

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

The last name Silwal (Hindi: सिलवाल) is found in Nepal more than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Silwal? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 63,658th most widespread family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 926,108 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 97 percent of Silwal live; 94 percent live in South Asia and 93 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 2,368,944th most widely held given name in the world It is held by 21 people.

Silwal is most numerous in Nepal, where it is held by 6,922 people, or 1 in 4,115. In Nepal it is most frequent in: Bagmati, where 90 percent live, Narayani, where 3 percent live and Lumbini, where 1 percent live. Without taking into account Nepal this last name is found in 44 countries. It is also common in India, where 5 percent live and The United Arab Emirates, where 2 percent live.

Silwal Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Silwal last name are 53.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 100% registered to vote for the party.

Silwal earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 25.13% more than the national average, earning $53,992 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Silwale92149/
Sailwal9246/
Shilwal9212/
Silwaal922/
Silewal921/
Shilwale861/
Silwaile861/
Shailwal861/
Selwal8387/
Silbal8327/
Cilwal834/
Chilwal77446/
Sülwald7741/
Saylwal771/
Gilwald771/
Siluale771/
Silwold770/
Slval731/
Gillwald71295/
Süllwald7179/
Shelwale7124/
Syllwald717/
Sheelwal712/
Chillwal711/
Dhgilwal711/
Shelwall710/
Silbol67112/
Schelwald6746/
Gillwaldt6719/
Gilbal678/
Zilbal674/
Schlewald671/
Selbal671/

Silwal Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Silwal in the Hindi language
सिलवालsilavala95.45
सीलवालsilavala4.55

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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
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  • 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 Silwal
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