Silwembe Surname
Approximately 653 people bear this surname
Silwembe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 651 | 1:24,347 | 2,604 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
Silwembe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Silwembe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Silwembe is held by more people in Zambia than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Silwembe? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 503,100th most common family name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 11,160,101 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Silwembe reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
The surname Silwembe is most common in Zambia, where it is held by 651 people, or 1 in 24,347. In Zambia Silwembe is most prevalent in: Northern Province, where 49 percent reside, Lusaka Province, where 27 percent reside and Copperbelt Province, where 18 percent reside. Aside from Zambia Silwembe occurs in one country. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Silwembe
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