Silvanus Forename

45,235th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 15,554 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Namibia

Silvanus Forename Definition:

From the Roman name Silvanus or Sylvanus; also the appellation of a god of forests and fields; from silva, sylva, a forest, wood. Hence by corruption the name Silas (Σιλας).

Silvanus Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania
100%
5,4691:9,6521,270
Nigeria
100%
2,6651:66,6284,390
Namibia-2,3721:1,014210
Kenya
100%
1,6971:27,2882,373
Indonesia
100%
1,3761:187,47418,400
Ghana
100%
6181:43,6672,441
India
100%
3321:3,659,271155,675
Cameroon
100%
2131:101,4585,287
South Africa
99%
 
2091:260,92215,432
Uganda
100%
1901:215,5637,212
United States
100%
1361:2,665,71340,513
Saint Lucia
98%
 
471:3,783656
Papua New Guinea
100%
301:271,74422,338
Liberia
100%
231:191,8296,898
Zimbabwe
100%
221:701,08328,034
Ivory Coast
90%
 
151:1,538,39639,344
Solomon Islands
100%
141:41,4972,683
England
81%
 
121:4,633,57743,450
Jamaica-111:262,1127,926
Malaysia
100%
111:2,768,17673,791
Germany
100%
101:9,667,78833,442
Brazil
100%
101:21,423,615203,947
Guyana
100%
91:84,8076,788
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
100%
71:15,9402,043
Benin
100%
71:1,510,83532,846
Trinidad and Tobago
100%
71:194,48810,722
Wales-41:773,5778,486
Sierra Leone-41:1,772,166913
Belgium
100%
31:3,830,01425,398
United Arab Emirates-31:2,383,99875,650
Zambia-31:5,284,93137,895
Taiwan-21:11,884,841132,786
Australia-21:6,828,81137,569
Philippines
100%
21:53,004,738452,678
Thailand
100%
11:70,065,813391,235
Grenada
100%
11:108,1254,208
Finland-11:5,483,18325,487
Denmark-11:5,649,49828,429
United States Virgin Islands-11:109,7474,493
Barbados-11:289,7893,893
Nepal-11:28,487,352119,417
New Zealand-11:4,536,04417,392
Colombia-11:47,778,92695,497
Togo-11:7,239,2398,047
Canada
100%
11:33,133,372113,810
Norway-11:5,132,32937,513
Pakistan
100%
11:194,357,680303,535
Switzerland
100%
11:8,213,49636,387
Sweden
100%
11:9,857,90778,968
China-11:1,366,055,782109,249
Singapore-11:6,287,05439,645
Poland-11:38,027,1129,241
Russia-11:144,233,704184,271

Silvanus (5,828) may also be a surname.

Silvanus Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

From the Roman name Silvanus or Sylvanus; also the appellation of a god of forests and fields; from silva, sylva, a forest, wood. Hence by corruption the name Silas (Σιλας).

Prænomina (1882) by Richard Stephen Charnock

Meaning: sylvan (i.e., woody).

A Dictionary of the Proper Names of the Old and New Testament (1909) by James Beaumont Jackson

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