Cylvester Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Cylvester Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 8 | 1:6,277,336 | 262,771 |
Cylvester (33) may also be a first name.
Cylvester Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cylvester Come From? nationality or country of origin
Cylvester has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Cylvester? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 8,968,613th most widely held family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The last name Cylvester occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Cylvester reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 100 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Cylvester is also the 1,807,719th most common first name throughout the world, held by 33 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 44,285,690. In Nigeria Cylvester is most common in: Benue, where 25 percent reside, Ekiti, where 25 percent reside and Kogi, where 25 percent reside.
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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 Cylvester
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