Silweya Surname
Approximately 2,348 people bear this surname
Silweya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 1,973 | 1:8,033 | 953 |
| Malawi | 366 | 1:46,774 | 6,615 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Silweya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Silweya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Silweya is most common in Zambia. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Silweya.
How Common Is The Last Name Silweya? popularity and diffusion
Silweya is the 181,314th most widespread last name internationally, held by around 1 in 3,103,725 people. Silweya is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Silweya are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
The surname Silweya is most frequently held in Zambia, where it is carried by 1,973 people, or 1 in 8,033. In Zambia it is primarily found in: Muchinga Province, where 38 percent reside, Copperbelt Province, where 32 percent reside and Lusaka Province, where 13 percent reside. Excluding Zambia Silweya exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Malawi, where 16 percent reside and England, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sileweya | 93 | 21 | / |
| Shilweya | 93 | 1 | / |
| Silweyah | 93 | 1 | / |
| Silwaya | 86 | 1 | / |
| Sillwey | 86 | 0 | / |
| Silbey | 77 | 96 | / |
| Silway | 77 | 63 | / |
| Selwey | 77 | 2 | / |
| Siluea | 77 | 1 | / |
| Silueap | 71 | 356 | / |
| Jilwaya | 71 | 9 | / |
| Silbeja | 71 | 4 | / |
| Silbiya | 71 | 3 | / |
| Sihlwai | 71 | 2 | / |
| Silwaye | 71 | 1 | / |
| Silwayi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Gillwey | 71 | 1 | / |
| Shilway | 71 | 0 | / |
| Sihlwayi | 67 | 410 | / |
| Silviyah | 67 | 44 | / |
| Chilweye | 67 | 9 | / |
| Slwai | 67 | 8 | / |
| Sihlweie | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sselweye | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chilueya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Silbhiya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Slway | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chillwey | 67 | 0 | / |
| Silleway | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Silweya
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