Sylvania Forename

201,047th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 1,496 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Nauru

Sylvania Forename Definition:

A Latin name, meaning: [Of the] forest land.

Sylvania Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States
 
86%
4781:758,44617,440
Brazil
100%
3461:619,18018,914
Haiti
100%
2171:49,4333,297
Indonesia-961:2,687,122127,411
DR Congo
100%
821:900,33727,216
Congo
100%
571:87,8815,958
Philippines
 
97%
371:2,865,12157,898
Benin
100%
241:440,66015,374
Cameroon
100%
151:1,440,70034,118
South Africa
 
88%
121:4,544,38799,592
Mexico
100%
111:11,285,85732,937
India
 
84%
111:110,443,4521,441,921
Malaysia
100%
91:3,383,32786,111
England-71:7,943,27461,515
Jamaica-71:411,89011,384
Ecuador-61:2,954,48613,743
Guyana-61:127,2108,948
Hong Kong-51:1,550,5457,446
Peru
100%
51:6,358,29142,272
Seychelles-41:23,1681,192
United States Virgin Islands-41:27,4372,836
Dominican Republic-41:2,607,81819,206
France
100%
41:16,617,58541,065
Nigeria
100%
31:59,188,120318,216
Trinidad and Tobago-31:453,80618,410
Lebanon
100%
31:1,875,85711,580
Saint Lucia
100%
21:88,9085,280
São Tomé and Príncipe
100%
21:95,9983,765
Papua New Guinea
100%
21:4,076,157155,819
Nicaragua
100%
21:3,009,16824,322
Sweden
100%
21:4,928,95452,965
Netherlands
100%
21:8,451,04232,813
Ivory Coast
100%
21:11,537,96695,271
Belgium
100%
21:5,745,02030,381
Canada
100%
21:16,566,68686,787
Israel
100%
21:4,201,45930,777
Chile
100%
21:8,803,60433,591
Costa Rica-11:4,767,94827,206
Australia-11:13,657,62255,904
Bahamas-11:399,3704,606
Thailand
100%
11:70,065,813391,235
Suriname
100%
11:552,8115,457
Singapore-11:6,287,05439,645
China-11:1,366,055,782109,249
Colombia-11:47,778,92695,497
Malta-11:429,3603,141
Portugal-11:10,410,86612,786
French Polynesia
100%
11:277,9023,605
Germany-11:96,677,87695,912
Italy-11:61,062,09083,289
Aruba-11:103,7802,838
Japan-11:127,986,05794,066
Nauru
100%
11:11,927903
Kenya-11:46,307,11074,921
Marshall Islands
100%
11:51,2305,014

Sylvania (117) may also be a surname.

Sylvania Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

A Latin name, meaning: [Of the] forest land.

Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead

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