Selvester Surname

678,631st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 439 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Wales

Selvester Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Silvester,' a fairly popular font-name in the surname era.

Robert fil. Silvestre, Cambridgeshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Thomas Silvestre, Oxfordshire, ibid.

Silvestre le Euncyse, Huntingdonshire, ibid.

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Selvester Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1291:2,809,759166,838
England911:612,28636,401
Nigeria561:3,163,26496,723
Wales331:93,7747,567
Russia311:4,649,131213,487
Ukraine251:1,820,908133,658
Malaysia161:1,843,38974,511
Scotland101:535,38220,332
India81:95,883,173728,828
Pakistan71:25,520,55584,222
Canada51:7,369,118289,406
Tanzania51:10,588,32375,430
Mozambique41:6,815,3924,272
Ghana41:6,755,17315,406
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
Solomon Islands21:290,01419,875
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Burkina Faso11:18,352,10030,051
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England671:363,81122,769
Wales11:1,568,41619,290
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States381:1,321,54472,820

Selvester (1,263) may also be a first name.

Selvester Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Silvester,' a fairly popular font-name in the surname era.

Robert fil. Silvestre, Cambridgeshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Thomas Silvestre, Oxfordshire, ibid.

Silvestre le Euncyse, Huntingdonshire, ibid.

Thomas fil. Silvestre, Norfolk, ibid.

Ganfrid fil. Silvester. Calendarium Rotulorum Patentium in Turri Londinensi.

Silvester le Carpenter, Close Rolls, 33 Henry III.

Willelmus Siluestre, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

Robertus Siluester, 1379: ibid.

1642. Baptised — John, s. Walter Siluester: St. James, Clerkenwell.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

From the personal name Silvestre (Latin, 'belonging to a wood'). 'About the year 1200, Sylvestro Gozzolini, of Osimo, founded an order of monks, who, probably, are the cause that Sylvester became known in Ireland as a Christian name, and has come to us as a surname" (Yonge, new ed., p. 179). Siluester, a monk of St. Andrews, a. 1199 (RPSA., p. 290), and Silvester, a monk of Hadingtona, c. 1250 (RPSA., p. 389). John Silvestre, parson of Dolfinstone, Lanarkshire, rendered homage in 1296 (Bain, II, p. 212). As a forename we have it in Siluester of Ratra, 1473 (Cupar-Angus, I, p. 172), and Silwester M'Randell in Gargavache, 1600 (SCM., IV, p. 293).

The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)

An ancient personal name. The Roman Calendar has three saints so designated. In Domesday there is a Hugo Silvestris, an epithet synonymous with the more modern Dubois and Attwood.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Selvester Last Name Facts

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

The surname Selvester (Oriya: େସଲେବାର, Russian: Сельвестер) is found in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Selvester? popularity and diffusion

It is the 678,631st most frequent last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 16,600,332 people. Selvester occurs predominantly in Europe, where 44 percent of Selvester live; 31 percent live in Northern Europe and 31 percent live in British Isles. Selvester is also the 222,087th most frequently occurring first name throughout the world. It is borne by 1,263 people.

Selvester is most commonly used in The United States, where it is held by 129 people, or 1 in 2,809,759. In The United States Selvester is most numerous in: California, where 51 percent are found, Florida, where 13 percent are found and New York, where 9 percent are found. Without taking into account The United States it is found in 25 countries. It is also found in England, where 21 percent are found and Nigeria, where 13 percent are found.

Selvester Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Selvester has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Selvester last name rose 339 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 136 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it rose 3,300 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Selvester Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Selvester last name are 3.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 50% registered with the party.

Selvester earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 12.34% more than the national average, earning $48,473 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Selvestere952/
Shelvester951/
Seylvester951/
Selveste941/
Selveter940/
Shelveister905/
Sylvester8995,819/
Silvester8918,636/
Salvester89144/
Selvestre89112/
Selvister8922/
Solvester895/
Selvaster891/
Celvester891/
Sylevester84356/
Sylveister848/
Szylvester846/
Sylvestere846/
Sylveaster846/
Silvestere845/
Sylvestert845/
Silveyster842/
Syslvester842/
Sylveszter842/
Sylvesther842/
Silveshter841/
Suylvester841/
Sylvestier841/
Sylvezster841/
Shilvester841/
Sielvestre841/
Sylvesterp841/
Sylvesterz841/
Jsylvester841/
Sytlvester841/
Silvestter841/
Shylvester841/
Silvesster840/
Sylveste82943/
Silveste82184/
Sylveter8215/
Selvesta8212/
Silveter823/
Selviste821/
Shylevester801/
Schilvester800/
Silvestre78204,723/
Sylvestre7856,182/
Salwester78194/
Silvaster7844/
Silvister7841/
Selvistre7838/
Šilvester7829/
Salvaster7810/
Sylvister788/
Salvister785/
Salvestir783/
Zelvestre783/
Salvyster783/
Silvestte783/
Silvestir782/
Zilvester782/
Sylvestes782/
Sylvestet782/
Silvestes782/
Silvoster781/
Cilvester781/
Sylvestey781/
Slevestre781/
Sylvestir781/
Silvestie781/
Silvesthe781/
Celvestre781/
Silvesterová767/
Sylvesterova761/
Silvete7510/
Sylebester744/
Sylevestre743/
Silvestedt743/
Ssilvestre743/
Silvestrre742/
Silveistre742/
Silvestire742/
Zilvestere742/
Soilvestre741/
Silvesttre741/
Shelwaster741/
Silveestre741/
Silvesta711,303/
Sylvesta71759/
Silvesti71277/
Silvetre7195/
Sylvette7137/
Silvette7113/
Sylvetre715/
Silvesty715/
Sylvesti711/
Cilveste711/
Sylvetes711/
Sylviste711/
Silviste710/
D'silvestre701/
Gilvestre6715/
Cilvestre6713/
Silvistre6713/
Silveztre673/
Zilvestre673/
Jilvestre672/
Salwaster672/
Silvystre671/
Silvéstre671/
Silvestti671/
Silveatre671/
Salwister671/
Celvistre671/
Silveitre671/
Sylvistes671/

Selvester Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Selvester in the Oriya language
େସଲେବାରesalebara-
Selvester in the Russian language
Сельвестерselvester-

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