Silwimba Surname
Approximately 20,051 people bear this surname
Silwimba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 9,128 | 1:1,736 | 245 |
| Tanzania | 8,731 | 1:6,064 | 784 |
| Malawi | 2,170 | 1:7,889 | 1,179 |
| England | 7 | 1:7,959,723 | 202,100 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| British Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:31,594 | 1,029 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
Silwimba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Silwimba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Silwimba is more frequently found in Zambia than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Silwimba? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 26,798th most commonly occurring family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 363,450 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Silwimba reside; 56 percent reside in Southern Africa and 56 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
The surname is most frequently used in Zambia, where it is carried by 9,128 people, or 1 in 1,736. In Zambia Silwimba is mostly found in: Muchinga Province, where 51 percent live, Copperbelt Province, where 18 percent live and Lusaka Province, where 16 percent live. Other than Zambia this last name exists in 10 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 44 percent live and Malawi, where 11 percent live.
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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 Silwimba
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