de Sylva Surname

514,102nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 635 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sri Lanka
Highest density in:
Seychelles

de Sylva Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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de Sylva Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sri Lanka3651:57,0106,293
Australia801:337,44628,659
Canada651:566,85547,218
England261:2,143,00282,017
Seychelles181:5,133784
South Africa181:3,009,872112,058
France161:4,151,420237,746
Belgium121:958,05473,966
United States101:36,245,893832,629
Scotland81:669,22723,443
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
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PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
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de Sylva Demographics

Average de Sylva Salary in
United States

$50,875 USD

Per year
Rank:
380,263 of 1,180,305
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
2.98263E-6
Rank: 818,678 of 1,181,369
Percentage of national average salary:
117.9%
Sample size: 5 (2014)

Average Salary in
United States

$43,149 USD

Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD

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de Sylva Last Name Facts

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

The surname de Sylva is found most frequently in Sri Lanka. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of de Sylva.

How Common Is The Last Name de Sylva? popularity and diffusion

The last name de Sylva is the 514,102nd most frequently held family name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 11,476,450 people. It is mostly found in Asia, where 59 percent of de Sylva reside; 57 percent reside in South Asia and 57 percent reside in Indo-South Asia.

The last name de Sylva is most frequently used in Sri Lanka, where it is carried by 365 people, or 1 in 57,010. Other than Sri Lanka this surname occurs in 20 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 13 percent live and Canada, where 10 percent live.

de Sylva Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of de Sylva has changed through the years. In Scotland the number of people who held the de Sylva last name expanded 800 percent between 1881 and 2014.

de Sylva Last Name Statistics demography

The amount de Sylva earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 23.13% more than the national average, earning R 292,596 per year; in United States they earn 17.91% more than the national average, earning $50,875 USD per year and in Canada they earn 18.56% less than the national average, earning $40,461 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
des Sylva941/
de Sylvaia890/
de Silva88360,760/
de Zylva88917/
da Sylva88511/
de Selva8850/
De-Sylva881/
de Sylvio8217/
de Silvat827/
des Silva822/
de Sailva821/
de Silvas820/
des Sylvie781/
da Silva7513,300,564/
de Zilva752,883/
De-Silva75487/
de Silvo7593/
di Silva7580/
de Silvi7537/
da Selva7535/
Da-Sylva7524/
de Selve7521/
de Cilva754/
de Selvi754/
de Silve753/
da Sílva753/
di Selva751/
de Silvio71374/
da Silvas71134/
de Silver7194/
da Silvaa7171/
da Sailva7168/
da Ssilva7154/
da Sislva7120/
da Suilva7120/
da Silvga717/
da Silvaz716/
da Sylvie716/
da Soilva715/
da Silvap713/
da Silhva712/
da Sjilva711/
di Silvas711/
de Silvey711/
da Silvai711/
da Seilva711/
da Silvat711/
de Silvis711/
De-Seilva711/
de Silvyo711/
da Cislva711/
de Sielvie6730/
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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
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  • 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 de Sylva
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