Silayen Surname
Approximately 28 people bear this surname
Silayen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 20 | 1:5,061,911 | 170,869 |
| Mauritania | 6 | 1:682,477 | 21,744 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
Silayen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Silayen Come From? nationality or country of origin
Silayen (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﻴﻼﻳﻦ) occurs more in The Philippines more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Silayen? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 3,730,171st most widespread last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 260,269,497 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 75 percent of Silayen are found; 75 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 71 percent are found in Fil-Southeast Asia.
The last name Silayen is most widespread in The Philippines, where it is carried by 20 people, or 1 in 5,061,911. In The Philippines Silayen is most prevalent in: Soccsksargen, where 40 percent live, National Capital Region, where 30 percent live and Cordillera Administrative Region, where 15 percent live. Without taking into account The Philippines this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Mauritania, where 21 percent live and Canada, where 4 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Silayen Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Silayen in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺳﻴﻼﻳﻦ | sylayn | - |
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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
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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 Silayen
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