Silway Surname

2,414,640th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 63 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ivory Coast
Highest density in:
Ivory Coast

Silway Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Silway Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ivory Coast531:435,30614,482
India101:76,706,538639,611
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England41:6,093,842135,151

Silway Last Name Facts

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

Silway is found most in The Ivory Coast. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Silway? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 2,414,640th most frequent surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 115,675,332 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 49 percent of Silway reside; 49 percent reside in West Africa and 33 percent reside in Mande Africa.

The surname is most frequently used in The Ivory Coast, where it is carried by 53 people, or 1 in 435,306. In The Ivory Coast Silway is most numerous in: Abidjan Autonomous District, where 42 percent are found, Woroba District, where 23 percent are found and Savanes District, where 19 percent are found. Aside from The Ivory Coast this surname is found in one country. It is also common in India, where 16 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Silwaye921/
Silwaya921/
Silwayi921/
Shilway920/
Silwa91462/
Slway911/
Sihlwayi86410/
Silleway860/
Selway832,540/
Shilwa83325/
Gilway8324/
Silewa8315/
Sailwa836/
Sielwa836/
Silwah835/
Silbay831/
Sleway831/
Silwas831/
Silwua831/
Seilwa831/
Slwa802/
Silweya772,348/
Gillway7743/
Jilwaya779/
Shilwua779/
Selwaye778/
Sellway776/
D'Silwa774/
Silewah772/
Sihlwai772/
Slewahy771/
Slwayeh771/
Silwath771/
Zilwayo771/
Selwayo771/
Sillwey770/
Schilwy770/
Silba731,464/
Zilwa731,361/
Selwa73956/
Silby73552/
Slewa73411/
Gilwa73158/
Silua73117/
Cilwa7345/
Sylwa7333/
Silwe7333/
Slwai738/
Silwi736/
Jilwa735/
Sileweya7121/
Schilwat7121/
Sselwayi712/
Sehlwayi712/
Selwaycz711/
Silweyah711/
Sselwayo711/
Chilwaye711/
Shilweya711/
Cilleway710/
Shellway710/
Chilwa67866/
Szilva67590/
Sillva67310/
Silbey6796/
Gilbay6771/
Silvah6756/
Suilua6751/
Selwah6725/
Sehlwa6716/
Szelwa6715/
Suulwa6711/
Silbha678/
Slewah677/
Scilba676/
Silbai675/
Slewhy675/
Gilwai674/
Gelway673/
Shilua673/
Selwey672/
Silewe672/
Selbay672/
Slebay672/
Sylwua672/
Jilwad671/
Zelway671/
Silviy671/
Zilwai671/
Slewoa671/
Shilwe671/
Silbaa671/
Silboy671/
Siluat671/
Siluea671/
Sselwa671/
Sellwa671/
Selwai671/
Selwap671/
Shilhwaio671/
Sailwe671/
Sailwi671/
Silhua671/
Shlewa671/
Sielby670/
Schellway670/
Slewat670/
Sillby670/

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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 Silway
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