Sila is used as a family name or surname in Kenya. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Sila
No. of characters: 4
Origin: Kenya
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Sila

How popular is Sila?

Sila is common in Kenya.

Sila is ranked 15325 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Silas plummeted by 5.537459 per cent to 290 since 2000 and slipped by 6736 spots and ranked at 67943. The last name was found in around 1 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 55.17 61.24
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 20.34 22.8
Hispanic or Latino 12.41 7.17
Black 10.34 0
Sila is quite popular family name mostly used in Kenya while Samoa is ahead in terms of density. Around 34350 people have been found who wears Sila as their family name. Sila is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
28,661 Serbia8
7,022 Senegal7
23,950 Georgia6
60,971 Kyrgyzstan6
8,438 China5
91 Guinea-Bissau5
10,202 Egypt5
1,893 Angola5
12,383 Armenia4
1,295 Papua New Guinea4
8,926 Cameroon3
15,749 Finland3
32,086 Mexico3
14,126 Colombia3
40,064 Nigeria2
31,767 Greece2
34,681 Norway2
118,441 Germany2
8,657 Lebanon2
6,353 Panama2
162 Cook Islands2
1,328 Congo2
6,977 Tajikistan2
801 Cape Verde1
9,498 Iceland1
29,595 Iran1
16,640 Hong Kong1
472 Tonga1
7,191 Afghanistan1
10,683 Cyprus1
4,249 Cambodia1
31,207 Ireland1
49,529 Israel1
29,046 Japan1
13,447 Uganda1
77,122 Sweden1
19,533 Uruguay1
32,942 Uzbekistan1
3,243 Suriname1
36,678 Singapore1
36,814 Romania1
24,176 Qatar1
17,768 Pakistan1
1,819 Laos1
3,071 Jersey1
37,493 Austria1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
75,927 England43
37,591 Belgium37
18,843 Chile36
28,564 Switzerland36
7,305 Azerbaijan33
29,383 United Arab Emirates31
98,676 Canada27
71,059 Australia24
9,574 Mauritania24
69,202 Netherlands18
55,829 Zimbabwe16
24,570 Moldova16
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
8,328 New Zealand85
14,725 Peru85
4,697 Burkina Faso84
20,876 Belarus65
36,559 Spain62
1,993 Thailand52
Countries with hundreds of Sila:
8,518 Ukraine671
25,252 Philippines516
12,659 Morocco403
70,797 United States347
1,958 Albania266
7,359 Czech Republic244
13,453 Saudi Arabia231
116 Samoa224
1,469 Latvia204
13,612 Kazakhstan195
2,322 Slovenia186
57,437 France171
722 Fiji170
31,005 Argentina164
3,470 Portugal157
39,125 South Africa128
6,954 Croatia117
59,335 Italy112
15,665 Malaysia101
Countries with thousands of Sila:
2,424 Indonesia6,264
14,454 India3,118
8,092 Brazil1,717
4,798 Algeria1,428
13,742 Russia1,278
7,131 Turkey1,153
4,934 Tanzania1,034
Countries with ten thousands of Sila:
456 Kenya12,869
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Immigrants to US

From Italy

Franc. Sila worked as shoemaker while Romagino Sila was Shoemaker and hailed from Italy. 27 years old Romagino embarked for California from Havre on La Normandie and arrived on July 23, 1883.

Sila Namesakes

  • Abdulai Silá, Writer
  • Decimus Junius Silanus Torquatus, Statesman
  • Lucius Junius Silanus Torquatus, Statesman
  • Marcus Junius Silanus Torquatus, Aemilia Lepida's son
  • Artūrs Silagailis, Soccer player
  • Guntars Silagailis, Soccer player
  • Alfie Silas, Film actress
  • Haris Silajdžić, Bosnian Politician
  • Alo Sila, Football player
  • Haris Silajdžić, Bosnian Politician

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