Tsilo Surname

243,671st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,636 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Tsilo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tsilo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1,0371:52,2456,610
Lesotho5461:3,723685
Cameroon191:1,093,10967,608
Russia141:10,294,504334,277
Canada61:6,140,932260,641
Papua New Guinea61:1,358,953118,663
Niger21:9,596,00886,358
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
France11:66,422,722504,397
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Madagascar11:23,649,8379,420
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716

The alternate forms: Tšilo (51) & Tsílo (3) are calculated separately.

Tsilo (121) may also be a first name.

Tsilo Last Name Facts

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

The surname Tsilo (Russian: Цильо) is found most frequently in South Africa. It may be rendered in the variant forms: Tšilo or Tsílo. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Tsilo? popularity and diffusion

Tsilo is the 243,671st most common last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 4,454,490 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Tsilo live; 97 percent live in Southern Africa and 97 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 848,089th most frequent first name throughout the world. It is borne by 121 people.

The surname is most frequently used in South Africa, where it is borne by 1,037 people, or 1 in 52,245. In South Africa it is mostly found in: Free State, where 43 percent reside, Gauteng, where 34 percent reside and North West, where 11 percent reside. Without taking into account South Africa Tsilo occurs in 11 countries. It is also found in Lesotho, where 33 percent reside and Cameroon, where 1 percent reside.

Tsilo Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is primarily Orthodox (80%) in Ukraine.

Tsilo earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 51.12% less than the national average, earning R 116,148 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tšilo9351/
Tsílo933/
Tshilo911,251/
Ts'ilo91618/
Tsielo91203/
Tsilou9136/
T'Silo9131/
Tsitlo914/
Tsi'lo912/
Tsilos912/
Thsilo911/
Tsilgo911/
Tsiloi911/
Tsiloo911/
Tsiloa911/
Tsihlo911/
Tshiolo83596/
Tshielo83247/
Tsilios83119/
Tshiloz8384/
Tshitlo8341/
Tsielos8326/
Tshihlo8311/
Tsielou835/
Tshilos834/
Tsailos832/
Tsilois831/
Tshiloj831/
Tshilho831/
Tshillo831/
Tsila801,318/
Tsylo80330/
Tselo8044/
Scilo8017/
Tshithlo772/
Tsielios771/
Tshiolou771/
Tshila734,260/
Tsehlo73791/
Tselos73260/
Scilio73162/
Tshelo73162/
Tselou73146/
Tsilas73124/
Tsiela73101/
Tselio7383/
Tsilia7362/
Tsilat7350/
Tzilou7346/
Tchilo7344/
Tsaila7337/
Ts'elo7335/
Tsetlo7316/
Tseloa7316/
Tselyo7314/
Tzoilo7313/
Tsilha7312/
Tsilya7310/
Tseelo738/
Tsyslo738/
Tjilos736/
Tsylyo736/
Tsilah732/
T'Selo732/
Ts'ila732/
Tselot732/
Dsiluo732/
Tsytlo731/
Scielo731/
Tsilaa731/
Tjhilo731/
Tsisla731/
Tseloh731/
Tsuila731/
Tseila731/
Tshiela6753,968/
Tselios672,365/
Cilo671,514/
Tshileu67870/
Çilo67675/
Tshetlo67648/
Tshehlo67522/
Ts'ehlo67427/
Zilo67336/
Tshiola67322/
Tshaila67317/
Tsilias67148/
Tshilau6782/
Tsihlas6771/
Tsailas6744/
T'Sehlo6744/
Ts'eloa6731/
Čilo6712/
Sczislo6711/
Tsitlau676/
Tsailha676/
Tchilou675/
Tshilia674/
Thsehlo674/
'Tsehlo673/
Tchilgo672/
T'Seloa672/
Tse'hlo672/
Tshuila672/
Tziolou672/
Tselioa672/
Tshello672/
Tsethlo672/
Tselyos671/
Tshoila671/
Tshylyo671/

Tsilo Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Tsilo in the Russian language
Цильоcilo-

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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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  • 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 Tsilo
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